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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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£¤§.##,§@, to get up, still looking at the @&&#¤,&£&.
¤,.¤§¨&#,@ direction of sound rather than at my §¨,.¨@#¨.&
.@¨#,£#,§¤ hands, who are busy putting things in ¤@¨,¨#¨&¨£
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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 ¨£¨¤,§.,¨&
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,¨&#¤£§¨,§ and i must've picked it up with my ,¨¨¨,.¨&¨#
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£@,£#,&¤,& 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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