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¨.,-*†¤£@# pine arcades that were planted and #@£¤†*-,.¨
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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 #@@*†\~..,
,-=:§$@¶## on the southern shores until i got ##¶@$§:=-,
.,,-††@&## bitten. ##&@††-,,.
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¨.^»^*%#¶# orange tin radio and a translucent #¶#%*^»^.¨
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,,,«=§£§£# invisible to my eyes but i can feel #£§£§=«,,,
.:~^=&#@## through the ground just how large it is. ##@#&=^~:.
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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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,¨,,«*%&#@ then i run east toward my home. @#&%*«,,¨,
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¨¨.,»††@&# the house, not yet really in the #&@††»,.¨¨
,¨¨¨,-*§&§ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my §&§*-,¨¨¨,
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..^~:§¤### clay figure i've never seen before. it ###¤§:~^..
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¨.^~:*£&## and i must've picked it up with my ##&£*:~^.¨
.¨.^»/*%£¶ other belongings. ¶£%*/»^.¨.
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,,.»;=&§£# 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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