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,,,&,§#.¨, 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 ¤,¨£.§§.¨£
£¨..,@¨,,¤ river bed. ¤&,¨¨¤#§.¨
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,§§&..#¨.¨ 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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.¨.¨.¤,§£¨ 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, §¨.¨¨§.&¤¨
.,¨#,,§.,. 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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