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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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@.£.#¨&¨£. &.£¤.#¨¤§.
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