,,,:^†††¤@ @¤†††^:,,,
,:~^†††&&¤ ¤&&†††^~:,
,:~^†&¤@## ##@¤&†^~:,
,:~^†&¤@## ##@¤&†^~:,
,:~^†&¤@## ##@¤&†^~:,
,,,,:^^&¤# , ,, ,,, ~~#~~ ,,, ,, , #¤&^^:,,,,
,,,,,,~^&¤ , ,~~~ ~ ~#~ ~ ~~~, , ¤&^~,,,,,,
,,,,~~^&@# , ,, ,,, ~~#~~ ,,, ,, , #@&^~~,,,,
,:~^^††&¤# #¤&††^^~:,
,:~^†&¤### 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. ##@¤&†^~:,
,,:~^^†¤@# #@¤†^^~:,,
,:~†&¤@### ###@¤&†~:,
,:~^†&¤@## ##@¤&†^~:,
,::::~~†&@ @&†~~::::,
,:~^†&¤@## ##@¤&†^~:,