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$§/«~.....  A Secret Roundabout: In What Used To Be .....~«/§$
&$§/«~.... Brazil Or China. Fenced In, Secluded By  ....~«/§$&
#&$§/«~...  Special Plants Growing Unusually Tall.  ...~«/§$&#
@#&$§/«~..    Spelled In By Purposeful Symmetry,    ..~«/§$&#@
#@#&$§/«~.     Roads Like Symbols, Aligned With     .~«/§$&#@#
@#&$§/«~..  Ley lines. Dialed In With Well-Rounded  ..~«/§$&#@
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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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$§/«~.....    Vehicles Approach; The Game Is On -   .....~«/§$
&$§/«~....   Quickly The People Assemble In Well    ....~«/§$&
#&$§/«~... Practiced Geometries. Their Bodies Make  ...~«/§$&#
@#&$§/«~..  Counter-Spells On The Asphalt. Traffic  ..~«/§$&#@
#@#&$§/«~.   Is Instantly Diverted, Flows In Sick   .~«/§$&#@#
@#&$§/«~..  Ways, Like Dogs Let Loose. Symmetry Is  ..~«/§$&#@
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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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