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..........  A SECRET ROUNDABOUT: IN WHAT USED TO BE ..........
..........  BRAZIL OR CHINA. FENCED IN, SECLUDED BY ..........
,.........  SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL.  .........,
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,.........  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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