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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. ##@&@%:~,.
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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. ###&§%*~-,
,¨,~/^£@¶# #¶@£^/~,¨,
,^»\$$&£## 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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