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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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@@*$:~-,,, vehicles approach; the game is on - ,,,-~:$*@@
#@@*$:~-,, quickly the people assemble in well ,,-~:$*@@#
##@@*$:~-, practiced geometries. their bodies make ,-~:$*@@##
#@@*$:~-,, counter-spells on the asphalt. traffic ,,-~:$*@@#
@@*$:~-,,, is instantly diverted, flows in sick ,,,-~:$*@@
#@@*$:~-,, ways, like dogs let loose. symmetry is ,,-~:$*@@#
##@@*$:~-, lost. ,-~:$*@@##
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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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