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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.  ¨¨¨..~%§¶¶
@¶¶§$%/~.¨    spelled in by purposeful symmetry,    ¨.~/%$§¶¶@
#@¶§$%/~.¨     roads like symbols, aligned with     ¨.~/%$§¶@#
#@¶§$%/~.¨  ley lines. dialed in with well-rounded  ¨.~/%$§¶@#
#@¶§$%/~.¨             gps coordinates.             ¨.~/%$§¶@#
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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  ¨¨¨¨¨.~/%§
#@¶§$%/~.¨                   lost.                  ¨.~/%$§¶@#
@@¶§$%/~.¨                                          ¨.~/%$§¶@@
#@¶§$%/~.¨  cars are ejected into the greens. ships ¨.~/%$§¶@#
#@¶§$%/~.¨     collide. there are many kinds of     ¨.~/%$§¶@#
§$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨      casualties, on both sides. the      ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$§
#@¶§$%/~.¨    spellmakers will not come home. it    ¨.~/%$§¶@#
#@¶§$%/~.¨   sickens me, this physical reality of   ¨.~/%$§¶@#
@@¶§$%/~.¨ it, but the cause is just. i sneak back  ¨.~/%$§¶@@
#@¶§$%/~.¨      over the fense, heading south.      ¨.~/%$§¶@#
¶§§$$%/~.¨                                          ¨.~/%$$§§¶
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