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