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§,@@,.£,,@ 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. #¨&@¨&¨£.,
#¨¨¤.£#¨@£ ¤¨,#,¤¨£,#
§¨&&.¨§,.¤ 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. @..§.@,§,&
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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. @..§¨¤¨£¨#
&¨£#¨¨§,,& &,#§,@¨#¨.
§,¨#,#&¨&¤ 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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