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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 ¨¨§.£@#¨£¨
@,@@,£.#&# 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. #@,,¨¨.¨.¨
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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. .¨¨¤,.@,£&
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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. ¨¤,,.¨#.@&
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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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