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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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,,~~*%§§$£ to west, getting broader and deeper and £$§§%*~~,,
,:=*§§&#£@ 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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,,,.-=-\*¤ somethings moving in the grass. it's ¤*\-=-.,,,
,-:%*&#@## 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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¨,»=^$£¶@# the house, not yet really in the #@¶£$^=»,¨
.,=;=$@#@# backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my #@#@$=;=,.
.,,¨^,;*%& 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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