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