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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. ..#££¨,,£.
@&#,¨¨¤§§, ¨.¤,#§.,..
@,§#,.&,££ = @,..¤£§.,,
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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. .,..#¤§,.#
.##§¨¨£¨¤# ¨,,,§¨@#.¨
,#.¤@¨.¨&¤ ^ .,,..,£#§¨
.¨¨§&£¨,@. ,,¨...§¨#@
&..§¨§¤,,. 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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