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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. £.¤,#.@,¤,
#¨#¨¨£.§@¨ @,#¨@.¤¨£.
§.&,¤@..§. there's a river passing by, from east §.@,#.@¨£¨
#,¤¨¨¤.#¤, 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. £¨#,@.&,§,
@.&.¤£¨.#¨ §.@¨@,£.¤¨
¤¨§..¤¨#&. \ ¤.¤.@,¤¨@.
#.#.@#¨,#¨ @.@,£.#¨£.
¤.@¨,¤,¤¤. 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. &,§¨£¨¤.¤.
§¨§,¤&¨¨@, £,&¨¤¨£.&,
&¨¤¨¨£¨@§¨ \ @,§.£,&,@,
¤,#.@&,¨¤, @,#¨§.&,@¨
@,£¨.¤.@@¨ somethings moving in the grass. it's ¤¨@¨§¨£¨&¨
£,§.#£¨¨&. 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. @,&¨¤¨¤,#.
§,¤¨£§.,£. @.£.@.§.§¨
§¨¤,,@¨¤#¨ 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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