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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. @&%†/«~,.,
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,¨^«^$£### to west, getting broader and deeper and ###£$^«^¨,
,.,,~=%%## slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ##%%=~,,.,
¨.-=/§*&## where the pine hands start to let ##&*§/=-.¨
..~†*¤#@## through light, horsemint on the rocky ##@#¤*†~..
.¨^~†*$¤@# river bed. #@¤$*†~^¨.
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.¨,.~=%*#@ 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 #@£%=†~^¨,
¨,.,«^=$#@ bitten. @#$=^«,.,¨
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..~\*$¤¶@# but now i'm further back, on solid #@¶¤$*\~..
¨.,«*=§@@@ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an @@@§=*«,.¨
..¨-~;%%¤¶ orange tin radio and a translucent ¶¤%%;~-¨..
.,~»*$@@## umbrella which i'm sitting on. ##@@$*»~,.
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.^=^=%#### invisible to my eyes but i can feel ####%=^=^.
,,:~***§£# through the ground just how large it is. #£§***~:,,
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..«/%§¤£## to get up, still looking at the ##£¤§%/«..
,,,»=†&@## direction of sound rather than at my ##@&†=»,,,
,¨,.»=^%#¶ hands, who are busy putting things in ¶#%^=».,¨,
,..-*^%£## my pockets. ##£%^*-..,
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.¨,~*§%#£# 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. #@§%*/~.,.
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¨¨.~;^%&@@ roughly seven centimeters long. it's @@&%^;~.¨¨
,,,:~^%*## freshly made, not yet completely dried. ##*%^~:,,,
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,--/*¤§### 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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