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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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&¤¤£§&¤&@£ invisible to my eyes but i can feel §@#@§¤¤££@
¤&#@¤§@§¤£ 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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