###&***-~. .~-***##
##&***-~.. ..~-***#
#&***-~... ...~-***
##&***-~.. ..~-***#
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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. ..~-***#
###&***-~. .~-***##
##&***-~.. ... ~ * ~ ... ..~-***#
#&***-~... ...~-***
##&***-~.. 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. ..~-***#
#&***-~... ...~-***
##&***-~.. ..~-***#
###&***-~. .~-***##
##&***-~.. ..~-***#
#&***-~... ...~-***