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#¶#%*=«,,,          , ,, ,,, ««#«« ,,, ,, ,         ,,,«=*%#¶#
##¶#%*=«,,       ,  ,«««    « «#« «    «««,  ,      ,,«=*%#¶##
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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.     ,,,«=*%#¶#
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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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