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