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§...¨£@§§¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. §¤§#§¤@¨¨@
.¨§£¨.@£.¨ you could've found me wallowing around @##£¤£¨.,,
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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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,..,,,.,., 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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£¤@¤@#§&@# clay figure i've never seen before. it @@£#¤§@&§#
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@#££§#@&&& particle board for it to dry on, but £@¤&##§£#¤
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