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.^-*%$§§§#  SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL.  #§§§$%*-^.
.^-*%$§###    SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY,    ###§$%*-^.
.^-*%$§###     ROADS LIKE SYMBOLS, ALIGNED WITH     ###§$%*-^.
.^-*%$§###  LEY LINES. DIALED IN WITH WELL-ROUNDED  ###§$%*-^.
.^-*%$§###             GPS COORDINATES.             ###§$%*-^.
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.^-*%§####  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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.^-*%$§###    QUICKLY THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN WELL   ###§$%*-^.
.^-*%$§### PRACTICED GEOMETRIES. THEIR BODIES MAKE  ###§$%*-^.
.....-*$§§  COUNTER-SPELLS ON THE ASPHALT. TRAFFIC  §§$*-.....
.^-*%$§###   IS INSTANTLY DIVERTED, FLOWS IN SICK   ###§$%*-^.
.^-*%$§###  WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS  ###§$%*-^.
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