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£¨&£,£.&,@ forests around my childhood home. thick #.#@,#,,£¨
@..#.§,@¨, pine arcades that were planted and @.,&.@.@¤¨
#.§@¨¤.#,¤ forgotten. wild boars roaming @¨@£,#¨¨#¨
&¨.¤¨§¨£.¨ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it @..@.£.&§,
£.#@¨&.¤¨& is dark and moist, the canopy having &.@@,&¨.§.
¤..£¨£.@¨¨ already soaked up all the sun. £,¨#.£¨&@¨
#¨&@.#,&.# ¤¨&¤¨&,¨#¨
@¨¨§.@,§., there's a river passing by, from east £,,&,§¨¤¤,
£¨@¤¨§,#¨¤ to west, getting broader and deeper and £,#§.¤¨.£¨
@.¨£¨&.#., slower as it goes. equisetum grow just @¨,#,&¨¤£.
£¨@&,@.#.& where the pine hands start to let #¨§@¨@.¨@¨
&,.£.¤.§,. through light, horsemint on the rocky §¨¨¤¨@,£@,
@.##.&,¤¨£ river bed. §¨£@¨¤..§¨
¤,¨¤¨&¨£.. &.,@¨&,@£.
@,#@¨¤.§.¤ / §¨¤@,@.,#.
@,.@.&.¤.. §¨.#.&,@@.
&,¤@.#,§¨# the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight ¤¨&§,&¨,&¨
£¨¨#¨#¨§,¨ they had been a swampworld with sylvan &,¨@,§¨&@.
£,¤&¨£.¤¨& water, stone rings and floating moss. £,&@¨#¨.&.
¤¨¨£¨§,&,. you could've found me wallowing around §¨.&,@,¤@.
@.¤@.¤.£,§ on the southern shores until i got ¤,¤§,¤..¤.
@¨¨@¨¤.§.¨ bitten. §¨¨§¨§,£&¨
£.&#¨£¨&.# §,§§.@¨¨£¨
§.¨§.§¨@¨. but now i'm further back, on solid &,¨@¨£,#@¨
&.§&,@,¤,§ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an £,§&.#.,@.
#¨.¤,§,@,, orange tin radio and a translucent £¨¨¤.§¨£¤,
¤¨##,¤¨¤.@ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¤¨¤£.£.,@,
&,.§,§¨@., ¤.¨§¨§,§£.
#.&@¨£.¤¨@ ; ¤,§#.@.,¤¨
£,¨#.£.&¨, &,¨§¨§¨££¨
&¨£#.£.@.§ somethings moving in the grass. it's &,£&.¤¨,@.
§¨.£.#.¤,. invisible to my eyes but i can feel #..£¨#,¤#,
£¨@@¨§.§,# through the ground just how large it is. @,§&.¤¨.&.
&,¨@.¤¨@., £,.£¨#¨#£,
§.#§¨@,#,& the soil is muddy. i slip when trying &.@#¨#¨,§¨
@¨.&¨£¨#,¨ to get up, still looking at the £¨¨£,¤,#@.
&¨#@¨@.#.# direction of sound rather than at my §¨#§.§..§.
&.,@¨&¨§., hands, who are busy putting things in &.¨£¨¤¨§@¨
#.¤¤,¤¨&¨¤ my pockets. ¤¨@&,§,.#,
£¨.§¨¤¨@.. ¤.¨#,&¨§£¨
&.@&,£¨#¨¤ then i run east toward my home. #,@@¨§¨,@¨
@¨.#¨¤.@.¨ @..§¨§¨@#¨
#.§§¨§,@¨§ ^ #.¤@.&.¨£.
@¨,#.¤,&.¨ §,¨¤.@.¤§,
&.¤@¨&¨#,§ i am not followed, and slow down in the £.@@¨£,,£.
£.¨§.£¨@.¨ clearing where you at first can spot &¨¨§,£,§¤¨
¤¨##,£.&,£ the house, not yet really in the #.¤£.@.,£,
§,.&¨£.£¨. backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my #.¨&,@.@£.
§,§§¨¤,@¨§ radio (now dented) but also a small @.#§¨¤..@.
¤.,&¨¤.¤,¨ clay figure i've never seen before. it £,¨¤¨§.£#.
@.§#¨@.¤¨# must have been laying in the wet dirt, §.¤£,@..@.
#.,#.&,§,, and i must've picked it up with my #.,§.#.#@¨
£.§&.#.@,# other belongings. ¤,¤&.&,,@,
¤,,@¨§¨#.¨ #,.#,#,&§,
£¨§§,§¨£,# it's a statuette of a girl laying naked £¨#¤¨#.,¤.
&..§¨£¨@¨¨ on her stomach, feet in the air, &..¤¨@¨&£¨
#.&@¨&,&,@ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ¤.£@¨&¨¨#¨
@,,@¨#,£,¨ freshly made, not yet completely dried. ¤,,§,§¨¤@.
¤,§#,#.¤¨§ §.£@¨@¨¨§.
¤..¤.¤¨§,. my mom is here now. i ask her for some §..&.@,&£¨
¤.#§,@¨¤,§ particle board for it to dry on, but £.@¤¨#,¨#,
&.¨£.@¨§,¨ she is worried and wants me to &,.§,£,@&¨
@¨@&¨#¨#,@ throw it away. ¤.££¨¤¨¨#.
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