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..»^^$#### SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL. ####$^^»..
..»^$##### SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY, #####$^»..
..»^^$#### ROADS LIKE SYMBOLS, ALIGNED WITH ####$^^»..
..»^^$#### LEY LINES. DIALED IN WITH WELL-ROUNDED ####$^^»..
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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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..»^^$#### VEHICLES APPROACH; THE GAME IS ON - ####$^^»..
..»^^$#### QUICKLY THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN WELL ####$^^»..
....»»^$## PRACTICED GEOMETRIES. THEIR BODIES MAKE ##$^»»....
..»^^$#### COUNTER-SPELLS ON THE ASPHALT. TRAFFIC ####$^^»..
..»^^$#### IS INSTANTLY DIVERTED, FLOWS IN SICK ####$^^»..
..»^^$#### WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS ####$^^»..
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..»^^$$$## COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF ##$$$^^»..
..»^^$#### CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE ####$^^»..
.....»^$## SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT ##$^».....
......^^## SICKENS ME, THIS PHYSICAL REALITY OF ##^^......
......^$$# IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK #$$^......
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