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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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&§&#£¤§.,¤ somethings moving in the grass. it's .,..&£¤&£&
@£&##£¨,.¨ invisible to my eyes but i can feel #&#¨,@£#¤§
&¤§@@¨¨¤#¤ through the ground just how large it is. ¤§.,,,@§££
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&#@.,¤£¨., 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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&#.¨@@¤&£. 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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