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.¨,¨&§¨¨#¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and .¤¤,,@@,,,
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£¤#£¨..#&, water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨¨#§£,£,.@
.¨¨.@¨,@¨¤ you could've found me wallowing around ¨,£¨,§&¤.¤
§.,¨@¤¨&&# 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 ¨¨§§¤.,##.
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@.&£¨¨¨¨£& and i must've picked it up with my ,,§£,¤@§¤@
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.@,¨£.@¤@& 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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