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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 ##@&*^*=.,
¨,~~;%$£@# through light, horsemint on the rocky #@£$%;~~,¨
,,..~††*&¶ 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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,¨.^~;^%££ i am not followed, and slow down in the ££%^;~^.¨,
.,.~;*$#@# clearing where you at first can spot #@#$*;~.,.
..~\*%@### 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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