.,~;=@£¶@# #@¶£@=;~,.
¨.-:%*£@@# #@@£*%:-.¨
¨~~;*&§¶## ##¶§&*;~~¨
¨^~**£¤#@# #@#¤£**~^¨
,,~:*$§@@# #@@§$*:~,,
¨^=:%@@£@# statuette #@£@@%:=^¨
¨¨..,¨~^§& &§^~¨,..¨¨
,:~*†£¤@## £$$%%*$¤§*¤$%%*£»~»~===~@$$@£¤%£@%¤£$§$@ ##@¤£†*~:,
.,-=$£¤#@# @£§%£££$£ #@#¤£$=-,.
¨:»;=¤##@# #@##¤=;»:¨
.:~\§$§#@# 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. ##£&§††~,.
¨.»^^%§#@# #@#§%^^».¨
.~»;*%§§@@ : @@§§%*;»~.
,,,,~~=†@¤ ¤@†=~~,,,,
.^«*†£@### 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. #@#¤*§^~,,
.¨¨.~;$*#£ £#*$;~.¨¨.
.,-/$%&@## ##@&%$/-,.
,,=^*%¤@@£ £@@¤%*^=,,
,¨,,^^¤@## ##@¤^^,,¨,
¨~-†=£¤### ###¤£=†-~¨
,.~=†%@@## ##@@%†=~.,