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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 ¤..¨¨¨@,,.
¨,&¨,@.¨,@ 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 ¤@.¨....,§
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,&&&¨,,¨¨§ my pockets. @,#¤.¨,.,.
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¤¨,..¨¨¤,§ clearing where you at first can spot ¨§.¤£¨..¤@
#@¨,.,,..£ 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 ¨¨¨¨§,.&,§
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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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