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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 ¨.~-*=&#@#
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¶§*/~~..¨, 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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..¨.¨,..,, somethings moving in the grass. it's ,,..,¨.¨..
.¨,,¨,,¨.¨ 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 ¨¨.¨¨,,,~~
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