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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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¨¨,¨¨¨¤§&. 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. ¨¨.§¨¨,&¨,
,¨¨#.¨¨&.¨ ¨,¨.&,,.&,
,...§¨,.@¨ then i run east toward my home. §,.¨.¤¨..§
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.¨£.¨¨.¤,. ,¨¨#.¨.,§.
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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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