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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.             @†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=†@§                                          §@†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†@§#               ¨¨¨ ~ / ~ ¨¨¨              #§@†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=†@§##                                          ##§@†=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=†@§###   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.      #§@†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=†@§##                                          ##§@†=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=†@§###                                          ###§@†=~¨¨
¨~=†@§####                                          ####§@†=~¨
¨¨~=†@§###                                          ###§@†=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=†@§##                                          ##§@†=~¨¨¨