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,,.~/%#¶@#  SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL.  #@¶#%/~.,,
,,,.~/%#¶@    SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY,    @¶#%/~.,,,
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,.~/%#¶@## 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   ¶#%/~.,,,,
,,,.~/%#¶@  WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS  @¶#%/~.,,,
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,,,.~/%#¶@    SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT    @¶#%/~.,,,
,,.~/%#¶@#   SICKENS ME, THIS PHYSICAL REALITY OF   #@¶#%/~.,,
,.~/%#¶@## IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK  ##@¶#%/~.,
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