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,§¨¤,@¨&.@ pine arcades that were planted and @¨£¨#,@¨&¤
,@.¤.¤.@¨& forgotten. wild boars roaming &¨£.&,£¨,&
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,&,@¨£,@.@ 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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¨£,§,#.#,§ 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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.#¨¤¨¤¨£,¤ 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. #.§.§¨§¨,#
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¨£.&¨&¨#¨@ 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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