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@¨,£#,,#§, pine arcades that were planted and ¨,¨,..§&£@
.¨,..,¨.,¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨@£&@,¨§&£
.£@&&££§&. underneath, sniffing at the ground. it .¨#§,¨¨.#¨
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@¨¨¤£@£¨,. already soaked up all the sun. ¨.£§...,¤&
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,,,.§@£#&§ to west, getting broader and deeper and ¨¨.¨.£&@£§
.§£..§§££. slower as it goes. equisetum grow just &¤&@¨¨£££,
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§#&@¤,¨,.¤ through light, horsemint on the rocky £§¨,@&¨¨.¤
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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. ,¨,¨&&¨¨¨,
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..¨.¤&¨,#£ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an .¤§.,,.,¨&
,&§,,,¨.,@ orange tin radio and a translucent ...¨&@#¤¨,
.,¨¨§&§§¨, umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¨£#¨.§§¨¨¤
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£.¨&£§§,.§ invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¨.#§&@@,.¤
¨¨.¨¤@¨.¨, through the ground just how large it is. @..&#£¨,¨,
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£¤¨,§#¨,., 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. ¨,,££¤,.¤@
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,¨#§,.¨¨,. then i run east toward my home. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¤#&§
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¤&@,¨¨..,. 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. @£,.¨.£¤,¨
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§¨,##,.¤@¤ on her stomach, feet in the air, .§§££¨,.¨@
¨..,,.¨¨¤@ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ,.¤¤,,&#,.
#¤&¤¤@#... freshly made, not yet completely dried. &,¨¨,¨.,¨#
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.@@@§¨¨¨.# 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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