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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. ¶@£%:--...
..--:%£@¶# #¶@£%:--..
.--:%£@¶## 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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