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&£,,,¨¤§#, to west, getting broader and deeper and £¨¤@.,¨.£¨
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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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§¨¨,.,¤¨&£ invisible to my eyes but i can feel ,,#¨,¨,£.§
#¤.¨...¨§@ through the ground just how large it is. @,,@.¨.¨.@
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.#.¤§¨,¨,. 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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¨.@¨&@..§. 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, ,.¤¨#&¨,.&
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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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