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£,.@&£@.,# pine arcades that were planted and @##&&&¨..¨
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##@,,¨.&@, 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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¨##¨.£@§&, 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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§§§@@§&&@# 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. @¤¤¤&###¤§
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##&¤@£§¤¤# on her stomach, feet in the air, §@¤¤@@£#££
&@#&¤@&&£# roughly seven centimeters long. it's &#¤&¤&##@@
@&¤&¤¤¤¤@£ 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 ¤@&#@@££#§
£#£§@§¤##§ throw it away. §&¤£¤#§#@#
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