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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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