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&,,.¤,,@., 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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.#¨#.@¨¨¤# 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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£.,¨.,¨¨.. 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 .,£¨..&,#@
£,¨,&#&##£ hands, who are busy putting things in ,¤&¨¨£¤¤,,
@¨,&¨.¨,,¨ my pockets. #,@¨¤,.#,#
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§¤,§¨,.¨,§ 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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#.,&#§£,.£ on her stomach, feet in the air, @&&&.¨¨,,.
£,¤.¨.£.&. roughly seven centimeters long. it's ¨¨,£.,.,.§
&#§..@£§#. freshly made, not yet completely dried. ,¨§£¨.,.¤,
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,&&&#..&&¤ 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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