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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. ##@¤¤§=~.,
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,:»\§%¤@@# 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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