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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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,-=:^§@¶## ,,, - : - ,,, ##¶@§^:=-,
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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. ##¶@§^:=-,
,-=:^§@¶## ##¶@§^:=-,
,-=:^§@¶## 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. #¶¶@§^:=-,
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