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,--\$£#@## to west, getting broader and deeper and ##@#£$\--,
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.:~;§*#¶## where the pine hands start to let ##¶#*§;~:.
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¨-«;$£#@@# on the southern shores until i got #@@#£$;«-¨
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,¨^»:%§§#@ to get up, still looking at the @#§§%:»^¨,
,.»*=§¤@## direction of sound rather than at my ##@¤§=*».,
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¨¨.»=$$### clay figure i've never seen before. it ###$$=».¨¨
,,«;*@£@@# must have been laying in the wet dirt, #@@£@*;«,,
,¨^=**@§¶@ and i must've picked it up with my @¶§@**=^¨,
.,~:§¤¤@@# other belongings. #@@¤¤§:~,.
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¨¨.=†%$¤@# freshly made, not yet completely dried. #@¤$%†=.¨¨
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¨,,»:=$§#@ my mom is here now. i ask her for some @#§$=:»,,¨
¨~»^§%@### particle board for it to dry on, but ###@%§^»~¨
.,^«=$$£#@ she is worried and wants me to @#£$$=«^,.
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