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