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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. &§.¨¨..¤£#
#.,@¨,,&,¨ ##&¨.¨,§,£
¤£¨,#,.¨§. = #.£#.,.,¨#
,#¤.¨#...§ ¨¨£@£¨.,,@
.&&£,.£.,. 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. .¨¨¤,.¨@§#
@,.¨£##¨.¨ ¨¨..&,.@,¤
§£¨.¤.£¤., / §¨,.,§¨.¨§
¨£§¨¨,§¤@¨ ¤#.¨,,&¨¨¤
,@&@,,#¨@£ 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. ,&.£§..¨.§
.#¤#..¨¨£¨ .,¨§##.,..
¨¤¨£&¨,¨.¤ ; £.¨@,¤§¨.,
,,.§&§¨,.¨ .#¨.,#@@¨¨
.¨,£.#§.., 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. ¨..¤..£.,§
&,.#,,§¨,# @,,,§¨.£¨.
¨&¨,&.,§¨. 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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