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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.             §¨§§§¨¨§¨§
§§¨§¨¨§§¨§                                          ¨§§¨¨§¨§§§
¨¨§§§¨§¨§§               ¨¨¨ , / , ¨¨¨              §§¨§¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§§§§¨                                          ¨¨§§§§¨¨§¨
¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨§    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.      ¨§¨§§§¨¨§¨
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¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§§¨
¨§¨§§§§§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
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