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¨..,~=@§@# 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 @£@;~:.¨..
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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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,,¨¨.,¨,., 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 ^=^,..¨,,.
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,...¨-~*@# throw it away. #@*~-¨...,
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