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&¤,¨¤¤@&¤¤ already soaked up all the sun. ,,@&#§¨¨@&
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§,,,.,,£@@ to west, getting broader and deeper and £¨.£#,¨¨,@
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¨#¤££¨,§@@ water, stone rings and floating moss. £&&..,.&&,
,,#¤¨¨.¨#& you could've found me wallowing around &£¨¨£¤.¨¨.
§,.¨.@&¨.¤ on the southern shores until i got ¤¨,¨.,,###
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¤§¨¨£§,.#¤ orange tin radio and a translucent #@,.,,¨.#¤
£¨¨¨¨,..¨¤ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ..,&¤@#,¨§
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¨¤¤¨,#@¨¨§ 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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¤¤¤#@###¤& 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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£§&£&&@£#& particle board for it to dry on, but #£@@§@&@¤&
&#¤¤¤£¤¤§§ she is worried and wants me to @¤¤#¤£§£##
&#¤@¤&@¤#¤ throw it away. ¤@#¤¤#@@¤&
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