.~~==$¤@## ##@¤$==~~.
..~~==$¤@# #@¤$==~~..
...~~==$¤@ @¤$==~~...
....~~==$¤ ¤$==~~....
.....~~==$ $==~~.....
....~~==$¤ . .. ... ~~#~~ ... .. . ¤$==~~....
...~~==$¤@ . .~~~ ~ ~#~ ~ ~~~. . @¤$==~~...
..~~==$¤@# . .. ... ~~#~~ ... .. . #@¤$==~~..
.~~==$¤@## ##@¤$==~~.
..~~==$¤@# 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. #@¤$==~~..
...~~==$¤@ @¤$==~~...
....~~==$¤ ¤$==~~....
.....~~==$ $==~~.....
....~~==$¤ ¤$==~~....
...~~==$¤@ @¤$==~~...