,,,,,~$**¶ ¶**$~,,,,,
,,~^$*¤¶## ##¶¤*$^~,,
,,~^$¤¶### ###¶¤$^~,,
,,,,^^^$$¤ ¤$$^^^,,,,
,,~^$*¤¶¶¶ ¶¶¶¤*$^~,,
,,~$*¤¶### , ,, ,,, ~~#~~ ,,, ,, , ###¶¤*$~,,
,,,,,,,^*¤ , ,~~~ ~ ~#~ ~ ~~~, , ¤*^,,,,,,,
,,~^$*¤¶## , ,, ,,, ~~#~~ ,,, ,, , ##¶¤*$^~,,
,,,,~$$**¶ ¶**$$~,,,,
,,~^$*¤¶## a secret roundabout: in what used to be ##¶¤*$^~,,
,,~^$¤¶### brazil or china. fenced in, secluded by ###¶¤$^~,,
,,,,,^^$¤¤ special plants growing unusually tall. ¤¤$^^,,,,,
,,~^$*¤¶## spelled in by purposeful symmetry, ##¶¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤¤¤¶ roads like symbols, aligned with ¶¤¤¤*$^~,,
,,,,,,^*¤¤ 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 ###¶¤*^~,,
,,~^$*¤¶## collide. there are many kinds of ##¶¤*$^~,,
,,,,~^$*¤# casualties, on both sides. the #¤*$^~,,,,
,,,,,^^$$¤ spellmakers will not come home. it ¤$$^^,,,,,
,,,,~$$*¤¤ sickens me, this physical reality of ¤¤*$$~,,,,
,,,,,~$*¤# it, but the cause is just. i sneak back #¤*$~,,,,,
,,~^$*¤¶## over the fense, heading south. ##¶¤*$^~,,
,,,~~^^$*¤ ¤*$^^~~,,,
,,~^$*¤¶## ##¶¤*$^~,,
,,,,,,,^*¤ ¤*^,,,,,,,
,,,,~~^*¤¶ ¶¤*^~~,,,,
,,~^*¤¶### ###¶¤*^~,,