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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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@,.,¨#.§¤¨ 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. ..£.¤§,,§,
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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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