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....=/%&¤¶ A SECRET ROUNDABOUT: IN WHAT USED TO BE ¶¤&%/=....
...=/%&¤¶# 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 ¤&%/=.....
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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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