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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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££¨£¤¨£¨¤. : §¨#,#,£,#,
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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. §,§.£¨§¨@.
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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. #¨#.¤¨&¨@¨
¨@,¨§¨£¨¤. #¨&.¤.&.§¨
##,¤§,§¨§, 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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