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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. ¨.¨,^»;^£¶
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§:~:¨..,¨. 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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†«~,,,¨.., 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. ,¨:~^=@#@#
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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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#@#†;«:,¨. 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. ,¨¨¨,¨^«*%
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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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