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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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