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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.                  ###£@%^~:,
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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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