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