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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. ¨.¨@¨#§¨¨¨
.#¨¤¤,..¤@ .¨...#§#,.
.,,£¤&,.£¨ : £¨,..&¨&§.
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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. ¨.¨,¤.§¤.¨
¨,,§,£¤,,. #¨,¨,.@@§,
¨,.¨,£§£.. 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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,¨,¨¤&£... 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. ,.¨.£¤@¨..
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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. .£¨,¤¨,,.§
§¨,¨¨.§¨#§ ,.@¨,&.¨¨,
¨@...¨,¨@# 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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