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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. ##¤*:~.,¨¨
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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 ##@#¤%\~-,
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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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,..,.,=†%% 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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.,.~:^&@@# 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, #@£¤=:~-,.
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¨.^»==$@@# other belongings. #@@$==»^.¨
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,,....»†%$ on her stomach, feet in the air, $%†»....,,
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.,¨,~\^$¤# 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 @§&†=-,.¨.
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