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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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,^~*^%&@## 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. @%*^,,,,,,
,,,,,~^^%& &%^^~,,,,,
,,,^~*%&&& 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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