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..:-†=&§@#         . .. ... --#-- ... .. .          #@§&=†-:..
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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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..:-†=&§@#              ... : † : ...               #@§&=†-:..
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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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