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&¨,§¨,¨,.§ pine arcades that were planted and ,#&¤.,,#.@
#@,,#,¨.,¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming .#,#§¨¨,¨§
,£¤¨¨£..,. underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨.,¤£&.¨.£
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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 ¨,.,,&.¨,¨
.&..£.&&,. bitten. §,¨..¨¤¨..
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¨¨,¨§.¨¨¤@ 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. ..£@&,,¨#¨
£¤¤..¨¨¨¤, ¨,@,§§¨,¨.
@¨&&,.,¨,£ 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. §.§@.,£¨,,
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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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§,,,@,#&,, 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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