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.#.£@,¨£¨¤ already soaked up all the sun. #¨£&,#,¤,§
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,§¨.¤,#¤.¤ to west, getting broader and deeper and @¨¨&,§¨&¨@
.#.#¤¨.&¨# slower as it goes. equisetum grow just @.£&¨£¨@.&
.§,,&.¤#¨@ where the pine hands start to let #¨.#.&.@.&
.§.£#.¨§.# through light, horsemint on the rocky &¨#£¨£,#,@
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.¤.§@¨,£.§ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ¤.@§¨&¨£,#
,§¨.§.@@.§ water, stone rings and floating moss. §¨¨§¨@,&,¤
,¤¨£§,¨@¨& you could've found me wallowing around £¨§@,&¨£.@
¨¤.¨#.§#.@ 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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¨@¨¤@,¨£¨§ 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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¨§.¨&,&§.# then i run east toward my home. &¨,£,¤,#,&
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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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¨@.&&,.£,@ 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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