....--^¤&@ @&¤^--....
.....--^¤& &¤^--.....
......--^¤ ¤^--......
.......--^ ^--.......
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.........- . .. ... --#-- ... .. . -.........
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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. -.........
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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. ###@&¤^--.
..--^¤&@## ##@&¤^--..
...--^¤&@# 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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