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.....--/$& Brazil Or China. Fenced In, Secluded By &$/--.....
......--/$ Special Plants Growing Unusually Tall. $/--......
.......--/ Spelled In By Purposeful Symmetry, /--.......
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.......... Gps Coordinates. ..........
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.......--/ Important To Some Large Constellation /--.......
......--/$ 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 --........
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