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§@.@¨#,§£¨ where the pine hands start to let ¨,.,&¨¨.¨§
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.@.@¨&#,¨¨ 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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@@@..¨£¤¨¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an .¨.§#¤¨£,&
,¨#¨.#¨#,& 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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#@#.,.£¨¨& 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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.£&¤£§&¨.. 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, ¨&§£#@¤¤§.
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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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