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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. @.#,&,.£&,
&&§@&.#¨§& @#&¤&¤,&¨£
.¨,,.§&¤£¨ ; &¨,,.,£§#£
§¨.,¨#¨,¨£ £@,¨.,¤¨¨¨
¤§¨..§@¨,# the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight ¨,£¨,¨§¤,¨
£.¤,,£¨&¨£ 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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