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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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¨...,*=%¤# 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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,..,.:$£¤¶ but now i'm further back, on solid ¶¤£$:.,..,
.¨¨.¨:^%$# ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #$%^:¨.¨¨.
,.,¨,.^*%§ 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. @@£&%:-.,¨
.¨¨¨-=*&## ##&*=-¨¨¨.
.¨.¨.,:=§@ 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. ###@£$§=.,
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.¨¨.,-^$*# 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. @£§£$†:¨¨¨
.,¨,^/*%&@ @&%*/^,¨,.
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..¨¨¨¨,/^§ on her stomach, feet in the air, §^/,¨¨¨¨..
.¨.,¨-/§@& roughly seven centimeters long. it's &@§/-¨,.¨.
,,..:/*$@¶ 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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