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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  ##§===,...
....,===§#                   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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