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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 ##########
#..##..### 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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