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