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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 ¨¨#§.¨,.¨.
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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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£,,.,.,@#& invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¨¤£§¨,¨¨,,
.,@£¤¤¨.@, through the ground just how large it is. ..#..&&£&¨
#.¨&§,¨.,, ¨¨.,,.@£,.
,.,¨¨¨¤@£¤ 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. ..¤##&#&¤,
,.£@,.,.§& §,.&§£££¨¨
¤.¨..@¤¨¨& 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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