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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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