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,#.@¨&,£§¨ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it §¨#,§.@£¨¤
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,§¨£.#¨#§, already soaked up all the sun. ¤¨&.#,£§¨#
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¨¤.£,#¨,&, to west, getting broader and deeper and @¨£.§¨.&¨@
,£¨@,@.@£, slower as it goes. equisetum grow just #¨£.@,§£,#
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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 &¨£¨¤¨§£,£
¨@¨§,£,,#. 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 #.§.¤.¤£,£
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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 £,@,&,@§.£
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¨@,§.@.£§. 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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