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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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¨~~=†%#@## 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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¨.,¨¨¨:†§¤ 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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,--/%&§£@# 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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