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,¨.¨-~:*†@ pine arcades that were planted and @†*:~-¨.¨,
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....,=%$%@ to west, getting broader and deeper and @%$%=,....
¨:==†£#### slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ####£†==:¨
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¨^=;§$§@## through light, horsemint on the rocky ##@§$§;=^¨
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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. &^§/=~-,,.
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,:-:*&§@## ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ##@§&*:-:,
.,~/*§@£## orange tin radio and a translucent ##£@§*/~,.
,,..~«=&§¤ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¤§&=«~..,,
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.,=\=$## through the ground just how large it is. ###&$=\=,.
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.~-=^%££## 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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,¨,¨.=-*£# 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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.^-=%@## on her stomach, feet in the air, ##@#&%=-^.
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.:~=†¤@¶@# 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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