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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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