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Alexander Teng Railroad to LifeTime is a train, running upon the track of lives. Some tracks are longer. Some have ornaments, possessions. Some have titles. Yet the train passes indifferently, neither loitering there nor slowing down here. The track is all the same to the train - all equally important frames to ride upon. Actions, deeds mold places in the trodden earth for tracks to be placed together, setting out tentative patterns of interaction. Yet the mold is inadequate. A track easily shifts out of place, entering isolation - away from the group Bolts of emotions offer the solution. They start off as plastic - easily broken. But gradually, bolts evolve into steel, binding two tracks forever. Time is a train, running upon the unifying bolt of emotion |
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