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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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