¨,,,~~\†%§ §%†\~~,,,¨
¨¨¨..~»\%% %%\»~..¨¨¨
.,¨.-~=*§# #§*=~-.¨,.
,.¨,-/%%## ##%%/-,¨.,
.¨:~†$$&¶# #¶&$$†~:¨.
¨-»=%%@@## statuette ##@@%%=»-¨
¨¨,»^=@#£# #£#@=^»,¨¨
,¨..=\*%@@ £%£&@&@%$%££%¤$%»«-~~=»»§£&@§%§£$$$£$%&% @@%*\=..¨,
,...~«^%$& £*%@£%§@* &$%^«~...,
¨¨,¨.:~\%@ @%\~:.¨,¨¨
,,¨.~~†$%& 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. #§$/=-¨,..
.¨.¨¨:«†*¤ ¤*†«:¨¨.¨.
.¨,.~~**££ ££**~~.,¨.
¨,,,~:=$¤£ £¤$=:~,,,¨
,..=*%£@## ##@£%*=..,
¨,=;§*&### ###&*§;=,¨
.,-=^%&¤¶# #¶¤&%^=-,.