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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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