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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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¤¨@,¤.&¨.@ 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. ,#.&,¤.#§.
#.&.@.&¨¤§ .¤.@,#,.#.
¤.&,¤,¤¨¨£ 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. ,£.¤.£.£@.
#.§,@.¤,@& ,&¨§.#¨¨#¨
£,#,&,¤,.§ 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 .§,£.#..@.
§.§.#¨&.¨# throw it away. ¨@.@.#,&§,
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