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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 #£¤%**=:,,
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,,,,,:=**% 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 %**=:,,,,,
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,,,,,:=**% IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK %**=:,,,,,
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