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@§£¨,#£.¨£ water, stone rings and floating moss. §,,§&,¨,.§
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&@&§¤£#£@& 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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#§¤¤§&§¤¤¤ 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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§&##§§§¤¤# 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, §§#@£¤¤&&£
£@¤@&§##&@ 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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