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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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