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