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¨..¨¨.,¤#& 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. ¨&¨@§¨¨¨&,
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#.##,.¨¤§¤ \ ,¨.¤¨&§¨,¨
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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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¨...@¨,,.@ somethings moving in the grass. it's ,....@¨§#,
¨,..,¤¨.,¨ 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. #&¨.,¤##.,
,.¨¨¨£§#., &§@.¨§¨#&.
,¨¨..£.¤&. 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 ,.¨¤,§#¨¨¨
£¨££¨,.&@# 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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