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@.&@¨£.@.¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and ,#.§,£@¨¤.
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£..£¨£,&.# through light, horsemint on the rocky ,¤,@,¨¤.@,
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£¨@§,¤¨¤,, water, stone rings and floating moss. .§,&¨£#.&.
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&.£&,@¨£.¨ on the southern shores until i got ,¤,&¨&@.&¨
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&.&@.§¨#¨. ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,@,&¨£@.§.
&¨.&,@¨§.# orange tin radio and a translucent ,§¨&.¨§.§.
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@..§,£,§,§ to get up, still looking at the ¨#,#¨,#,@,
#.£&,¤¨&., direction of sound rather than at my ¨£,#¨££¨§.
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¤..§,#.§,@ 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, ¨¤,§.,@,#¨
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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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