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