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,-~;*%&¶## 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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