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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  %*/~:.....
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..........      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 /~:.......
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