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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. ###@*%†-:,
,:-†%@#@## ##@#@%†-:,
,,,,,::†*@ 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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