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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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¨~«^=*§@¶@ orange tin radio and a translucent @¶@§*=^«~¨
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,:-/*¤#@@# direction of sound rather than at my #@@#¤*/-:,
,¨.,~:@@&@ hands, who are busy putting things in @&@@:~,.¨,
...¨-//†^# my pockets. #^†//-¨...
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,,-:^%@### the house, not yet really in the ###@%^:-,,
¨.»:%&#£## backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ##£#&%:».¨
¨.~^*¤£¶@# radio (now dented) but also a small #@¶£¤*^~.¨
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,,~;$¤£### and i must've picked it up with my ###£¤$;~,,
¨^~:§§@¶## other belongings. ##¶@§§:~^¨
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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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