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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 ,~=;*¤@@@@
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@@@@¤*;=~, 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 ,~=;*¤@@@#
#@@@¤*;=~, lost. ,~=;*¤@@@#
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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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