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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   ###§%%/~^,
,^~/%%§###   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.      ###§%%/~^,
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