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£.#.£.¤¨#& pine arcades that were planted and ¤¨§&,¤,§#.
&,£,@.¤,¨£ forgotten. wild boars roaming §¨¨£¨@,,£¨
&,&.&.§.#& underneath, sniffing at the ground. it §¨&£.§.#£.
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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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§¨@¨§,#¨§@ 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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