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£¨.,,@§£#¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ,¨££,.&,.&
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,¨¨¨,#¤.,, to west, getting broader and deeper and £§¨,##§.¨,
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,¤#§&,.¤@. water, stone rings and floating moss. ,.§,,&&¨,¨
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@&&¤¤@££@& orange tin radio and a translucent @§##£#¤§&£
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@¤@§¤#§£#@ 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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#@£¤@¤@¤#£ 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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##@@@¤§&&# 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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