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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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@,#.£¨#§.£ water, stone rings and floating moss. &¤¨&.@,§.¨
&,@,@..&.¤ you could've found me wallowing around ,£¨#¨¤.§¨#
@,¤¨@,¤#¨§ on the southern shores until i got #£¨#¨£.&,¨
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@¨#,§,,@¨§ orange tin radio and a translucent ,¤,§,¤¨¤¨£
@¨¤,£.£&.& umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¤#¨#¨§.@.,
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&,£.§.@¤.@ 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, .§,¤¨&¨@¨&
¤,¤.@,§£,@ 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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