,§.§¤¨#.,¨ ¨.#¨#¨,§¨,
,#§£¨#£&., @¨§##@,&@.
.¤.¨£@..#¨ ,#¤,.¨#£,#
@£§.£.§¨¤§ §£¨&,¨&.#§
,.¨&@@¤§¤, @,###¨#§£.
,,,&.¨¨.,§ statuette ££@..££..§
&..£&,,..# @.¨§.&,§,@
¨#,@.£¨,,£ %%*£$%*@$¤$£$$*£»==~=«~~££%%%*%@§**$$@$@ ¨¤,¤££&##&
@#£#§§#,.£ £§$¤@%¤$* @@##,,¨¨¨,
@¨,..¨.@,# ¤¨.¨§¨¨¨.,
@£,,..¨§&£ forests around my childhood home. thick ¨¤.,§§.,.¨
¤,¤,,¨¨&., 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. ,¤@¨.&.,@.
.,&&££§,£¨ §&.§.#§¨¤#
&¨&...¨#@¤ there's a river passing by, from east @¨#&¤@.##¨
§&#§¨..£.¨ 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 .¤@£.¤£.,£
.,¤.¤#£,¨, river bed. @§,,#@,¤.§
&¨@&@..£,, ,¨£,@,§£#&
.#¤..§,¤#¨ ; ¤¨§£#§@,¨.
¨#,§¨&#¤,£ .§§,¨.,£..
,§&#¤#¨,§@ the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight ¨¤,¤.¨¨¤¤,
¨#..,.&,&, 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. ¨¨#.@.@&,¨
@.,¨££¤... @¨@££@@,#¨
@@,¨&¨¨&.¨ = #¤@,.¨.@@£
¨.&,&§,££, £,¨@.,,¤.,
¨.#&@¨&¤.@ somethings moving in the grass. it's #@.&£¨¨@#,
..£.¨¤#¨£¤ invisible to my eyes but i can feel #¨@&¨#,#¨¤
#,#&.¤.@&¨ through the ground just how large it is. ,#£¨@&&@¤£
¨¤§.&&&§¨& @@¨@@¨¨,,¨
¨@.&£.,¨#§ 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. ¨¤§&¨¤#@.@
§¤§¤..§#§@ ¨@¨.§&¨,§@
,¨.,¤,@.., then i run east toward my home. ,#&,£¨@¨&¨
,,.,§#@§,¨ §¤,#¤¤§£¤¤
£,¨.¤¨,.£, ^ ,,¤§¨.¨¨¨.
&¤,.§£.,£# ,¨§¨¤.,¨,¨
£.@¨#,£,£, 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 ,§,&@,,.,,
.&¨¨£,¨¨¨. 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. #§§,,@&¨.&
&¨,#§,..,£ £.,£.&,&,#
,§.&,¤,¨.¤ 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. .@,,£@.,..
§¨&.¨¨,@.. §¤£,¤.@¨..
@£&#..¨@&, §,,@#§@¤,.
¤¨,,§,,§¨# £¤,&¨¨¨,§,
£&¨¨@@,&§§ &,#&&.¨¨#@
,,#.£.££,¨ ,#¤¨¨#.,#.
.,#@#£§¨£. &£,@¨¤§,¤¤