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,,#,.£,&@¨ forests around my childhood home. thick @,.§.§,£.§
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,@¤.§§¨.&, 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 &.¨&,@,§.§
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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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¨,#¨,£,¤§. the soil is muddy. i slip when trying &¨¨@,¤,¤.¤
¨¤&,§£.,#¨ to get up, still looking at the @¨§§¨@¨@,¤
,¨§,.£.#£¨ direction of sound rather than at my £,¨&,#¨@,¤
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.¨¤.,¤¨££. my pockets. @.,§¨&.£¨@
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.@#.@#,¨&. 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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.&@,£&¨,@, 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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