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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. ###&@$:~~.
.~~$@### ####&@$~~.
.....~~$$& Vehicles Approach; The Game Is On - &$$~~.....
....~:$@@# Quickly The People Assemble In Well #@@$:~....
......~~$& Practiced Geometries. Their Bodies Make &$~~......
.....~:$@# Counter-Spells On The Asphalt. Traffic #@$:~.....
.~~:::$@## Is Instantly Diverted, Flows In Sick ##@$:::~~.
.....~::@& 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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