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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 ,¤&,.,.¨¨¤
¨@§.,¤,¨., river bed. ,#§£,..,,£
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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. #.,,££@.,§
,@#£,¨.,¨# ¤@,¨¤.&¤,¨
,£.§&.¨,¨, 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. &.§@..,¨,#
.&£,.¨¤§&, ,.@&@.¨¨¨&
,&£&¨¨¤¨§£ 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, ¨¨.,&¤&.¨#
,§§§¨¨¨.,@ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ¨.¨¨§,¤#..
¨¤,#&,.¨.. freshly made, not yet completely dried. .,.,.¨#§£.
¨,.##&,,., ,,¨,¨¨£.¤§
&,,#.§@¨,¨ 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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