,:-/%&§@## ##@§&%/-:,
,:-/%&§@## ##@§&%/-:,
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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. @&/-,,,,,,
,:-/%&§@## ##@§&%/-:,
,:-/%&§@## ##@§&%/-:,
,:-/%&§@## ##@§&%/-:,
,:-/%&§@## ##@§&%/-:,
,:-//%&§§@ @§§&%//-:,