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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.     ,,=†*&§@##
§§§§&*†=,,                                          ,,=†*&§§§§
§***†==,,,    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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