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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. ¨.¤£&,.¨£,
§&£..,.&#§ .,£.@£¨,.,
¤,@&,,.¤,¤ 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. &@#..,¨¨.§
&,.,¨,.¨&¨ #,#§¨,¨¨¨,
¨@¨¨..,¨,. 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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.¨¨..¨&.., / .#¤#,¨&¨#@
@¨.,,,,#,¨ .§.#§¨..§§
¤@¨,.,.,#¨ somethings moving in the grass. it's .,¨#§¤.,@.
¤§#¨¨,¨,.# invisible to my eyes but i can feel &,,#¨&@¨.¨
£,@£¨¨¨.¨. through the ground just how large it is. ,&,¨.£¤&¨¨
.¨¤£§¨¨.,, ,,§¨,@.&@.
¨.#¨#@.,,. 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. &§...&¨£#.
,.,.,&@£,, §@¤.¨..¤§§
@¨¨¨¨&¨¤&, 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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