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#,§#.#¨¤§¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨¤,¤£¨£.¤.
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@,¨¤,¤,¨§. slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ,@¨.£.§,#,
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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 .#.¤#,&¨&.
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£.@§,¤.#¤¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨&,#£,@¨§,
&.¨&.§.,@. orange tin radio and a translucent ,@,¨¤.¤¨¤¨
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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 ,§¨,&,£¨&,
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#,@§.@¨£&. then i run east toward my home. ¨@.#§¨@.#.
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¤,,¤.¤,,&¨ clearing where you at first can spot ¨@¨,@,¤.¤,
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@¨¨#.@..¤, backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ¨£,.@.£.&¨
#¨@£¨&,##. radio (now dented) but also a small ¨&¨##.#¨¤¨
#¨.&¨¤,.@, clay figure i've never seen before. it ¨£¨,&.§.¤.
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#.,&.¤¨,#, and i must've picked it up with my ,@¨.#.&,¤¨
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¤,§&¨@¨§&, it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ¨¤,&§¨@,§.
#.,£.@.,£¨ on her stomach, feet in the air, .¤..£¨&,£¨
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#,¨@.£¨¨¤, 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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