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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 #&£^=:~¨¨,
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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 ###£#@*-:.
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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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¨,-*%%&¶## 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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¨-=;$&¤£## roughly seven centimeters long. it's ##£¤&$;=-¨
¨..¨,::%$@ freshly made, not yet completely dried. @$%::,¨..¨
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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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