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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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.,,.=;$£#¶ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ¶#£$;=.,,.
,¨.-*^&&¶# 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 @*$^-^¨..,
..,^~\†££@ to get up, still looking at the @££†\~^,..
,.:-^†¤¤#@ direction of sound rather than at my @#¤¤†^-:.,
.-»†%£§£@# hands, who are busy putting things in #@£§£%†»-.
.¨:»;*%£@@ my pockets. @@£%*;»:¨.
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,.¨.,»;§*# then i run east toward my home. #*§;»,.¨.,
,¨.-»;*&¤# #¤&*;»-.¨,
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,¨,,~^†*§# clearing where you at first can spot #§*†^~,,¨,
,¨.¨^~*%£§ the house, not yet really in the §£%*~^¨.¨,
.¨.-~^§%§@ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my @§%§^~-.¨.
,¨^=*†£@£# radio (now dented) but also a small #£@£†*=^¨,
.,«\^¤§@## clay figure i've never seen before. it ##@§¤^\«,.
...~†§&§#@ must have been laying in the wet dirt, @#§&§†~...
,¨¨-~;§§@¶ and i must've picked it up with my ¶@§§;~-¨¨,
¨¨..,~*^*& other belongings. &*^*~,..¨¨
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,.,~^=$@## it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ##@$=^~,.,
.:~/%@§@## on her stomach, feet in the air, ##@§@%/~:.
¨.,~:*%§#@ roughly seven centimeters long. it's @#§%*:~,.¨
.,,-=^^¤§@ freshly made, not yet completely dried. @§¤^^=-,,.
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,¨.-~;$@## 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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