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,¨..¨¨,.~^ forests around my childhood home. thick ^~.,¨¨..¨,
¨¨,¨,,-«=¤ pine arcades that were planted and ¤=«-,,¨,¨¨
¨¨¨.¨^«\%¤ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¤%\«^¨.¨¨¨
,¨¨¨:~^$£@ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it @£$^~:¨¨¨,
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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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¨.,,¨,¨,¨. 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. ##$\«..¨.¨
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.¨,~*§#£@# but now i'm further back, on solid #@£#§*~,¨.
¨~=†£&#### ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ####&£†=~¨
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¨.¨:«^£@@# umbrella which i'm sitting on. #@@£^«:¨.¨
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.¨,,¨,,,.. through the ground just how large it is. ..,,,¨,,¨.
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.,.,¨,¨¨,- the soil is muddy. i slip when trying -,¨¨,¨,.,.
.¨,,.¨,,-- to get up, still looking at the --,,¨.,,¨.
¨,,,,¨.,~/ direction of sound rather than at my /~,.¨,,,,¨
,¨,..,^~*§ hands, who are busy putting things in §*~^,..,¨,
¨¨,,.:~;££ my pockets. ££;~:.,,¨¨
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,.,,»:%&## then i run east toward my home. ##&%:»,,.,
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¨,,,:~=$§# 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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.¨¨¨..,:-: it's a statuette of a girl laying naked :-:,..¨¨¨.
.¨,,¨¨~«†¤ on her stomach, feet in the air, ¤†«~¨¨,,¨.
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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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