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£¨&.,§¨@¨¨ pine arcades that were planted and ¨&#.&.,@,.
#¨¤¨&¤.#¨# forgotten. wild boars roaming ..&.£.§&.#
&¨§..@¨¤., underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ,§¤¨§.,@¨.
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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 .£&.@,¨@¨,
&,§¨£&,@,@ river bed. ,,¤¨@,@£,&
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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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@¨£,¤§.£.& ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an .¨£.&¨@§¨£
£,#¨,£.@,¨ orange tin radio and a translucent ,§#.#¨.£.,
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§¨£.,¤,@., 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. .¨&.¤.&¤,&
#¨¤¨,#¨§,, ¨¤&,@¨¨@,¨
§¨¤¨§@¨&¨@ 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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