....~~~†*@ @*†~~~....
.~~†%*&@## ##@&*%†~~.
.~~†%*&@@# #@@&*%†~~.
...~~%%*&& &&*%%~~...
.~~†%*&@@# #@@&*%†~~.
.~~†%*&@@# . .. ... ~~#~~ ... .. . #@@&*%†~~.
....~~††%& . .~~~ ~ ~#~ ~ ~~~. . &%††~~....
.~~~~†%&&& . .. ... ~~#~~ ... .. . &&&%†~~~~.
.~~†%*&@@# #@@&*%†~~.
.~~†%*@@## 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. &***††~...
....~~%&&@ @&&%~~....
.~~†%***&& ... ~ † ~ ... &&***%†~~.
...~†%%&&@ @&&%%†~...
...~††**@@ 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 &*%†~.....
.~~~†††**@ 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. #@@&*%†~~.
...~~†%*&@ @&*%†~~...
.~~†%*&@@# #@@&*%†~~.
.~~†††%*@@ @@*%†††~~.
.~~†%*@@## ##@@*%†~~.
.~~†%*&@@# #@@&*%†~~.