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,..=*=¤§## water, stone rings and floating moss. ##§¤=*=..,
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.,:»\*£### ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ###£*\»:,.
.~«:^*£@## orange tin radio and a translucent ##@£*^:«~.
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,¨:»==%@## my pockets. ##@%==»:¨,
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...«;*£££@ then i run east toward my home. @£££*;«...
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.,-~=*¤¤## other belongings. ##¤¤*=~-,.
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,.^=^*$#£# particle board for it to dry on, but #£#$*^=^.,
,^»=*£@@@# she is worried and wants me to #@@@£*=»^,
,,,»*%$@¶# throw it away. #¶@$%*»,,,
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