###@%*\~~. .~~\*%@###
###@%*\~~. .~~\*%@###
#%%\\\~... ...~\\\%%#
#%**~~~... ...~~~**%#
###@%*\~~. .~~\*%@###
###@%*\~~. . .. ... ~~#~~ ... .. . .~~\*%@###
###@%*\~~. . .~~~ ~ ~#~ ~ ~~~. . .~~\*%@###
###@%*\~~. . .. ... ~~#~~ ... .. . .~~\*%@###
###@%*\~~. .~~\*%@###
##@**\\~~. 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. .~~\*%%%@#
###@%*\~~. .~~\*%@###
@*\~...... ... ~ \ ~ ... ......~\*@
###@%*\~~. .~~\*%@###
###@%*\~~. 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. .~~\*%@###
###@%*\~~. .~~\*%@###
@%**~~.... 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. .~~\*%####
###@%*\~~. .~~\*%@###
##@*~..... .....~*@##
###@%*\~~. .~~\*%@###
##%**\\~~. .~~\\**%##
##%\~~~... ...~~~\%##