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¤&,,##§@.¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming #§¤§&#¨,¨¨
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¨¨..&@@§¨¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. ,¨,.¤#£@§#
,£#.,@@.¨§ you could've found me wallowing around ¨#¤¨,¤§¤#¨
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¤§¤§#@§£#£ bitten. #§#¤§¨¨,.£
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.,@@¤@#£¨, 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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