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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. @@@†=,,,,,
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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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