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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,    $%:=~,,,,,
,,,,,,~=:%     roads like symbols, aligned with     %:=~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=:  ley lines. dialed in with well-rounded  :=~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~=             gps coordinates.             =~,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,~=:%               ,,, ~ : ~ ,,,              %:=~,,,,,,
,,,,,~=:%$                                          $%:=~,,,,,
,,,,~=:%$£    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.                   £$%:=~,,,,
,,,~=:%$£#                                          #£$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$£##  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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