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..:»$%@#@# SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL. #@#@%$»:..
...:»$%@#@ SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY, @#@%$»:...
....:»$%@# ROADS LIKE SYMBOLS, ALIGNED WITH #@%$»:....
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.......... IMPORTANT TO SOME LARGE CONSTELLATION ..........
.......... OF INTENTS AND BUREAUCRACIES. ..........
.......... GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES ARE CREATURES ..........
.......... IN A WAY. YET PEOPLE SNEAK SMALL ..........
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......:»$% VEHICLES APPROACH; THE GAME IS ON - %$»:......
.....:»$%@ QUICKLY THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN WELL @%$»:.....
....:»$%@# PRACTICED GEOMETRIES. THEIR BODIES MAKE #@%$»:....
...:»$%@#@ COUNTER-SPELLS ON THE ASPHALT. TRAFFIC @#@%$»:...
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.:»$%@#@## WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS ##@#@%$»:.
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....:»$%@# CARS ARE EJECTED INTO THE GREENS. SHIPS #@%$»:....
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.......:»$ SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT $»:.......
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