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,@,@,,,@,,  SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL.  ,@@,,,,,,,
,@@@@,,@@,    SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY,    @@,@,,,,,,
,@,,,@,@,@     ROADS LIKE SYMBOLS, ALIGNED WITH     ,,@@@,,,,,
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@,@,,@,@,,      OF INTENTS AND BUREAUCRACIES.       ,,@,,,,,,,
@@@@,@@@@, GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES ARE CREATURES  ,,@@,,,,,,
@,,,@@,,,@     IN A WAY. YET PEOPLE SNEAK SMALL     @,@,@,,,,,
@@,,@,@,,@   BETWEEN THEIR CLAWS, AND HIDE IN THE   ,@@@@@,,,,
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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   ,,@@@@@@@,
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