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,¨¤.#¨.&.# slower as it goes. equisetum grow just #¨,@¨,&§¤,
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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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,.,&@#&.¤¨ to get up, still looking at the .&,£.¨,¨¨,
.,@,¨,¤&£# direction of sound rather than at my £¤@£.,.¨.¨
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@,&&..,#,. 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 @..££,.,@.
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£§§.¨¤¨@¤§ and i must've picked it up with my #@&&@,£,.,
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¨.,@§,¤,£§ particle board for it to dry on, but ¨£,,.£.&¤&
¨,§.£#§§¨, she is worried and wants me to &¤¨.&@¤¨¨#
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