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..=\†%@£## forests around my childhood home. thick ##£@%†\=..
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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 #@¶#&=\«,.
,¨,«:%$@#@ through light, horsemint on the rocky @#@$%:«,¨,
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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 #£§%†;»~¨.
.^-:$§#@@# ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #@@#§$:-^.
..~«/=$#£# orange tin radio and a translucent #£#$=/«~..
.^~;*£&@@# 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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,,»*^@£@## 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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.^~;*@¤#@# the house, not yet really in the #@#¤@*;~^.
,¨~-^†%£## backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ##£%†^-~¨,
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,¨,«;§¤&@@ 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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,.^-;=$£¶# freshly made, not yet completely dried. #¶£$=;-^.,
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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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