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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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