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&¨@.¤¨.§¨# already soaked up all the sun. ,#,&,@¤,¤,
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§¨¤,#¨,§,@ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just .@,&.¤£.&,
#¨£¨¤.#¤,§ where the pine hands start to let .§.¤.,§,@,
§,£.&,¨§,§ through light, horsemint on the rocky ,¤,¤.&&.@.
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¤¨¤,&¨@£¨@ water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨@¨£.,@.@¨
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£,§,#¨£§.& on the southern shores until i got ¨#,@,,#,£,
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&¨£.§¨¨§¨# but now i'm further back, on solid ,@,¤,@@.&.
&¨&¨@,£¤¨@ 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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#,¤,§,,@,# 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 ¨@¨&.§¤,£,
§,#¨¤¨§£,# other belongings. ¨§¨@.¨&.#¨
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&¨¤,@,@¤,# it's a statuette of a girl laying naked .¤.#¨.@¨@.
£,£¨@¨¨&.& 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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