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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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