,¨£@,..¨,. ¨#¨,¨,¨...
&¨¨,.£§&£§ ,.,¤¤££¤&¤
.,£§.¨¤@&£ ,#.¨@&&@¤£
¨,.,¨,¨&&& ¨..¨.&£@#¨
£@£@#&..£& ,¤&¤.¨&@..
¨&§&&¨..,¨ statuette ¨.&,¨.¨.,¨
,.&#.¨###¤ .,¨.###¤@¤
¨,,.,¨,¤¤& *$%$&@£¤$%£*§£%&=~=»~~~~%££$@$$$&$*§$$§$ #§#¨¨#@&§.
§££@£¤¨,@§ $@£$£@%&% ¤¤,¨,¨§£.¨
.@&@§.,¨¨@ #,.&¤¨.¨.,
¨,£§.,#&., 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. ,,..¨¨§#@¤
.¨,¨¨,,.,¨ &§§£&,.#§,
@§§##¤¤@&£ §§¤§..,¨¨.
,£§@@£§§@. .£@¨,¤£##.
.¨&&¤£#@., ¨,,¨,¨¤#.,
¤,¨&¤§@.., §§§#&¨,,,#
,.,¨##,¨@¤ #@£¤.¨¤§,,