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§§££..¤¨¤& already soaked up all the sun. ,,¨,@¤§£,&
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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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@..¨@,.¤.¨ the house, not yet really in the @§###§£&£.
§¤,¨#@.&£, backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my .,¨¨¨,...§
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,@§....££¨ must have been laying in the wet dirt, ¨¤..,,.¨,§
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.¨&¤&¨,£§¤ 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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,@,#,¨¨¨&¨ 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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