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¤.§¨,&,@.£ to west, getting broader and deeper and ¨&¨§,&..¤.
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§¨@.,£,¤,# where the pine hands start to let ¨¤¨¤,@.¨#,
§,&.#£,&.# 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 ¨§,¤.§,,¤.
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#.@.§@.§¨# but now i'm further back, on solid ¨#,£.@.&¤.
§¨#¨¨£¨@.¤ 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 ¨¤.@.#.,§.
#,#.£¤.@.¤ 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 .¤,£¨¤,&#,
¤,&..@.¤,£ must have been laying in the wet dirt, ¨£¨#.¤.¨£¨
£,#¨@#,#,& and i must've picked it up with my .@.£.@.§¤.
£,¤¨,¤.@¨£ other belongings. .#,#,¤,¨&,
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@¨#,,¤,@¨§ it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ¨#¨¤¨§¨.&.
¤¨¤,§#¨&,@ 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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