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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.             ,,,###,,#,
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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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