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¨:~^%£##@# forests around my childhood home. thick #@##£%^~:¨
.,,~-~»†$@ pine arcades that were planted and @$†»~-~,,.
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,.¨,~=£&§# 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. §§==^~¨.,.
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¨,..»~:$¤# on the southern shores until i got #¤$:~»..,¨
,.,~=§%†## 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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^»**@£¶@## 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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.,=:$%&@@# i am not followed, and slow down in the #@@&%$:=,.
¨:»*$£§&£@ clearing where you at first can spot @£&§£$*»:¨
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.^~**$§### backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ###§$**~^.
¨,~;%*&@#@ 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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