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£.#,&¨£.@¨ pine arcades that were planted and ¨&¨££,#,£,
£,&.#¨§,¤, forgotten. wild boars roaming #@.¨#,#,£.
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§,¤¨£,§.§, 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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£.#,¤.§¨@, 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 ¨#,§@,@¨¤¨
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¤.@¨&¨¤.§. 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. ¨§¨£&.§¨§¨
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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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