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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 @¤¤†%††«^,
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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 ###£%=\~^.
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,.~=%%@@## 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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.¨..¨,-§#@ 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, ¤§£$*\:.¨¨
,,¨~-*%^## and i must've picked it up with my ##^%*-~¨,,
,,-,«~†§&¤ other belongings. ¤&§†~«,-,,
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¨:-*^¤@@## on her stomach, feet in the air, ##@@¤^*-:¨
¨,~=*¤¤@## roughly seven centimeters long. it's ##@¤¤*=~,¨
¨^==*%£##@ freshly made, not yet completely dried. @##£%*==^¨
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¨.~*^@#@## my mom is here now. i ask her for some ##@#@^*~.¨
¨,¨..~,~%& particle board for it to dry on, but &%~,~..¨,¨
,--/†££§¤@ she is worried and wants me to @¤§££†/--,
,:»^=$@#@# throw it away. #@#@$=^»:,
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