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,¨¨¨&@.¨¤, pine arcades that were planted and ,..¨..,¨.¨
£¤¤.¨.,,,. forgotten. wild boars roaming ,&@###§&£&
§£,.#@&#¤, underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ,.#¤@#¤@¤&
£.,,.##&¨. is dark and moist, the canopy having ¨¨¨&##¤&£&
,.&£,¨£,¨# already soaked up all the sun. #&¨.§¤£@¤¤
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,§@§§@£&.¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and .¤@,¨,,,¨¨
,,£#@&@,,§ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨¨.,#&£@#¤
..¨¤¤&..¨, where the pine hands start to let ,@@¨,@£&&,
#¤,.@¨.¤#¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky .¨¨.,,§§,¨
,.,¨.¨¨¨., river bed. ¤¤@¤@.¨.¨,
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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 ,.&&&#¨.¨.
,@¨,§@.,¤. umbrella which i'm sitting on. ,..§¤,¨@§¨
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#£§@&¤£&&£ invisible to my eyes but i can feel @#...,§&¤#
§@##¤@@@#£ 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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##¤£@££¤,, 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 &£,¨#§,.¨¨
§#@,¨##,.. 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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@#@§§&&§&§ particle board for it to dry on, but #@@@£@§#§#
¤£§&§¤@&@@ she is worried and wants me to §&£¤¤&#@¤§
@&&§§#¤&£¤ throw it away. ¤§£#£@£§¤£
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