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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 ###§%=:=^.
,.»†*%¤@@# river bed. #@@¤%*†».,
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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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¨,»/††*£§# 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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