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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 ¨.&¨,.,¨@.
&,£..,&@@§ 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 §,¨@¨,¨§,£
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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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,.,&£.,@.& then i run east toward my home. ,¨,#£..@..
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¤§,¨#@#,£§ 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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¤&¨¤&&§¨,, 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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