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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. £§%$*=,,¨.
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¨¨¨:»:†£#¶ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¶#£†:»:¨¨¨
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¨¨.,~=%&§@ they had been a swampworld with sylvan @§&%=~,.¨¨
.,--/%%§## water, stone rings and floating moss. ##§%%/--,.
.,»*%£@£## you could've found me wallowing around ##£@£%*»,.
,.~»\*@#¶@ on the southern shores until i got @¶#@*\»~.,
,¨,~=^%$&@ 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 ##%$:«-.¨,
¨,,-;%§&#@ umbrella which i'm sitting on. @#&§%;-,,¨
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¨,~\%£&### to get up, still looking at the ###&£%\~,¨
,¨,«=§%### direction of sound rather than at my ###%§=«,¨,
,..,~:=%&# hands, who are busy putting things in #&%=:~,..,
¨¨^»;†@¤## my pockets. ##¤@†;»^¨¨
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,¨,~*%&&## then i run east toward my home. ##&&%*~,¨,
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,.¨.-/^$§@ clearing where you at first can spot @§$^/-.¨.,
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,^=^*@&@## backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ##@&@*^=^,
¨.-«*^*#@# radio (now dented) but also a small #@#*^*«-.¨
,,,,~=†§@@ clay figure i've never seen before. it @@§†=~,,,,
.¨~«*§$&@# must have been laying in the wet dirt, #@&$§*«~¨.
,~«;$@§@## and i must've picked it up with my ##@§@$;«~,
,¨^=:%$¤@# other belongings. #@¤$%:=^¨,
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..~†=%@#@# on her stomach, feet in the air, #@#@%=†~..
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.¨,.«/%§§¶ freshly made, not yet completely dried. ¶§§%/«.,¨.
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,.»;§%@@@# my mom is here now. i ask her for some #@@@%§;».,
,..-^*$§@# particle board for it to dry on, but #@§$*^-..,
¨,,.~\§¤@# she is worried and wants me to #@¤§\~.,,¨
,¨.~:§¤&¶@ throw it away. @¶&¤§:~.¨,
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