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¤.¤.¤,¨¤¨¤ pine arcades that were planted and ,&¨§,£¤.¤.
&¨¤¨#¨#@¨# forgotten. wild boars roaming ¤¤¨§.¨§¨§,
§.£.&¨¨@,& underneath, sniffing at the ground. it .£.@.#@¨¤¨
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£¨£.@.,§¨& 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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&,£.£.,&,§ 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. ¨£¨#.¤#,¤¨
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£,£.#,¤§,& 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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£.&,¤,¤@¨& = £@,&.¨¤¨¤,
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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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¤,@,#¨§@¨§ 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. .§.@¨§@,@¨
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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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