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£..@¤.¨¤.& on the southern shores until i got #.,#..£¨¨@
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.¨,¨¨,,,§@ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an .,¨.#.§#¨&
&,,¨..,,#. orange tin radio and a translucent ..,¨###¨§§
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,¨&¤.#&¨§, invisible to my eyes but i can feel ,.#£¤¤,¤#¨
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,£.£.£,##£ to get up, still looking at the ¤.¨,#£¤,.&
&£@@@§¤#.. direction of sound rather than at my @§,,#,¨#¨§
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&.,,..,¨#£ 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 ¨.££.@§,.§
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&@.¨¨§§§££ and i must've picked it up with my #¨#£@.@£#¤
,,£..@.,,. other belongings. ,£&.,¤&.¨.
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&¨£.¨§§,.¤ roughly seven centimeters long. it's .¤#£,,,,¨@
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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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