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