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