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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. ##@@&=;-,.
..,-;=&@@# #@@&=;-,..
...,-;=&@@ 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 -,........
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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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