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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  £%†*-.....
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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    †*-.......
......-*†%   Sickens Me, This Physical Reality Of   %†*-......
.....-*†%£ It, But The Cause Is Just. I Sneak Back  £%†*-.....
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