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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. £,#,§,&¨¤¨
@.¤,§¨§¨£. ¤¨&¨#.§,@,
@,£.£¨¤¨#¨ there's a river passing by, from east @.&.§.&¨¤,
&.¤,¤¨£.&¨ 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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@.#,#.¤.¤¨ somethings moving in the grass. it's @.@.@,#,@,
¤,£.¤¨#¨@. 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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¤,&¨§,¤¨@, i am not followed, and slow down in the £.#,¤¨£¨@¨
@.£,¤¨§.¤¨ 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. &,£,#,§,£.
¤.¤¨&,@¨¤, §¨§,#,#.@,
#,§,§,@.§. 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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