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.,.»/*%¤@# pine arcades that were planted and #@¤%*/».,.
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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 #@#££%*»:,
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.,,-=$@@#@ they had been a swampworld with sylvan @#@@$=-,,.
,,«=*%@@## water, stone rings and floating moss. ##@@%*=«,,
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,.-=^@@£@# on the southern shores until i got #@£@@^=-.,
,,,~;=$££@ bitten. @££$=;~,,,
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.¨,=/%%&@# but now i'm further back, on solid #@&%%/=,¨.
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.¨,~^%£¤¶@ orange tin radio and a translucent @¶¤£%^~,¨.
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.,==†¤¤¶## the soil is muddy. i slip when trying ##¶¤¤†==,.
,¨,~\§@##@ to get up, still looking at the @##@§\~,¨,
¨,~*$¤¤@@# direction of sound rather than at my #@@¤¤$*~,¨
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,^~†*£¤### my pockets. ###¤£*†~^,
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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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,,,~\*@&@@ 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 @#&%^/-,¨.
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