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¤¤.£¨£¨&.§ forests around my childhood home. thick @,@.@.£.§.
.§,¤¨#.¤.¨ 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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§§,£.#¨&¨# 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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&£,&.@,¤,¤ 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. £.£,#¨¤.§,
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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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