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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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