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¨-~†%@§@## pine arcades that were planted and ##@§@%†~-¨
,^~«~*@¤## forgotten. wild boars roaming ##¤@*~«~^,
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,~~\$%#@## is dark and moist, the canopy having ##@#%$\~~,
..=/%%#### already soaked up all the sun. ####%%/=..
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¨.^,-%%£§£ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just £§£%%-,^.¨
,~~:^£#@ where the pine hands start to let @##&£^:~~,
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.~~:§&&¶## they had been a swampworld with sylvan ##¶&&§:~~.
.~~\*£&¶## water, stone rings and floating moss. ##¶&£*\~~.
.,~†^£## you could've found me wallowing around ###&£^†~,.
.^~:%$###@ 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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.¨.,~*$% invisible to my eyes but i can feel #&%$*~,.¨.
,^«†§$&@## through the ground just how large it is. ##@&$§†«^,
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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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,,~**§@#@# 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 ##£#§†/-,.
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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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