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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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