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#¨¨..¨¨&¨, forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨@,..#&&,,
@,¨,¨¨¤§¨¨ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it &£.¨¤.¨¤,@
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&,..££@¤@£ already soaked up all the sun. §£§,£#..§@
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£.#¤,.@¨@@ through light, horsemint on the rocky @.&¨§..#@.
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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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@¤§,..#¨,@ 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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,&¨,§&..@¨ then i run east toward my home. ¤,&@§&£,§,
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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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¨§¨@.¨&##£ 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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