,,~*%*§@## ##@§*%*~,,
,,,,~****§ §****~,,,,
,,~*%*§¶¶@ @¶¶§*%*~,,
,,,,,,***¶ ¶***,,,,,,
,,~*%%%*¶¶ ¶¶*%%%*~,,
,,,,,*%§§¶ , ,, ,,, ~~#~~ ,,, ,, , ¶§§%*,,,,,
,,,,,,*%%§ , ,~~~ ~ ~#~ ~ ~~~, , §%%*,,,,,,
,,~*%*§¶@# , ,, ,,, ~~#~~ ,,, ,, , #@¶§*%*~,,
,,~*%*§¶@# #@¶§*%*~,,
,,~**%%%*§ 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. @¶§§*%*~,,
,,~*%*§¶@# #@¶§*%*~,,
,,~*%***¶@ ,,, , * , ,,, @¶***%*~,,
,,~*%*§¶@# #@¶§*%*~,,
,,~*%*§¶@@ 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. ¶¶¶§*%*~,,
,,~*%*§@## ##@§*%*~,,
,,,,,,,~%§ §%~,,,,,,,
,~*%*§¶@## ##@¶§*%*~,
,,~*%*§¶@# #@¶§*%*~,,
,,~*%*§¶@# #@¶§*%*~,,