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,.--*%#### 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. ##¶#£†»,.,
,-=^£&£@## ##@£&£^=-,
..,«$%¤### but now i'm further back, on solid ###¤%$«,..
¨,.:~^$#@@ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an @@#$^~:.,¨
,,:~%%@@## 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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.,,»%@££## 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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,.,~«%@£@# i am not followed, and slow down in the #@£@%«~,.,
,¨~~$%§@## clearing where you at first can spot ##@§%$~~¨,
.,«%@&@@## 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 #@@&&%=:..
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,.~«=¤§#@# 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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