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###£@§*=,,  brazil or china. fenced in, secluded by ,,=*§@£###
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#£@@§§*=,,     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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