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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. ,£,§,.¨§¨¤
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¨.¨.,,¨£.£ * ¨@.¨¨#,&,¨
.,¨¨¨¨¨§@§ ¤§#¨.#§§@,
.,¨..,¨¤¨, 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. ¨£#¨,§@¨¨¨
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&.£,.§¨£¨, : &.##@@@#&,
§@@§.#¤¤£, @@#,..,.,£
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£..,&¨#,,@ 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. #@¨¤¨#...£
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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. ¨.@,@..¨¨.
¤&&¨,¨@,£, @.¤¤#§,..,
@¨,&.,&#&& 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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