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#@@¤*%/=.¨ BRAZIL OR CHINA. FENCED IN, SECLUDED BY ¨.=/%*¤@@#
@@¤*%/=.¨¨ SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL. ¨¨.=/%*¤@@
@¤*%/=.¨¨¨ SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY, ¨¨¨.=/%*¤@
¤*%/=.¨¨¨¨ ROADS LIKE SYMBOLS, ALIGNED WITH ¨¨¨¨.=/%*¤
*%/=.¨¨¨¨¨ LEY LINES. DIALED IN WITH WELL-ROUNDED ¨¨¨¨¨.=/%*
%/=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ GPS COORDINATES. ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=/%
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%/=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ A DANGEROUS GAME: THE ROUNDABOUT IS ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=/%
*%/=.¨¨¨¨¨ IMPORTANT TO SOME LARGE CONSTELLATION ¨¨¨¨¨.=/%*
¤*%/=.¨¨¨¨ OF INTENTS AND BUREAUCRACIES. ¨¨¨¨.=/%*¤
@¤*%/=.¨¨¨ GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES ARE CREATURES ¨¨¨.=/%*¤@
@@¤*%/=.¨¨ IN A WAY. YET PEOPLE SNEAK SMALL ¨¨.=/%*¤@@
#@@¤*%/=.¨ BETWEEN THEIR CLAWS, AND HIDE IN THE ¨.=/%*¤@@#
@@¤*%/=.¨¨ ROADSIDE BUSHES. THEY WAIT THERE. ¨¨.=/%*¤@@
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¤*%/=.¨¨¨¨ VEHICLES APPROACH; THE GAME IS ON - ¨¨¨¨.=/%*¤
*%/=.¨¨¨¨¨ QUICKLY THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN WELL ¨¨¨¨¨.=/%*
%/=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ PRACTICED GEOMETRIES. THEIR BODIES MAKE ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=/%
/=.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ COUNTER-SPELLS ON THE ASPHALT. TRAFFIC ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.=/
=.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IS INSTANTLY DIVERTED, FLOWS IN SICK ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.=
/=.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.=/
%/=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ LOST. ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=/%
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¤*%/=.¨¨¨¨ CARS ARE EJECTED INTO THE GREENS. SHIPS ¨¨¨¨.=/%*¤
@¤*%/=.¨¨¨ COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF ¨¨¨.=/%*¤@
@@¤*%/=.¨¨ CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE ¨¨.=/%*¤@@
#@@¤*%/=.¨ SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT ¨.=/%*¤@@#
@@¤*%/=.¨¨ SICKENS ME, THIS PHYSICAL REALITY OF ¨¨.=/%*¤@@
@¤*%/=.¨¨¨ IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK ¨¨¨.=/%*¤@
¤*%/=.¨¨¨¨ OVER THE FENSE, HEADING SOUTH. ¨¨¨¨.=/%*¤
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