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