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¨..¨.§¨¤§. pine arcades that were planted and £¤,¤¤,¨¨&¨
..¨¨.#££,& forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨,§@.@¨,&&
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&¤¨,,&&.&¨ is dark and moist, the canopy having ¨£¤£§,.#@¤
,.#¨,£.&@§ already soaked up all the sun. £&.¨,§,¤¨.
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§¨@@§,@,@¤ to west, getting broader and deeper and ¨,,,§§¤.,@
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&¤¨§,¤,.,¤ where the pine hands start to let ,#..£@,¤##
,.@£¤¤@¨,£ through light, horsemint on the rocky ,¤#¨@¨£§,.
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&#¤,..@&@. 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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#¤§,¤§§¨¤# 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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&&#,,#£§§@ 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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