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