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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 #.§¨£.&.¤.
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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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§.¤¨@,@¨.# 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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