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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 .¨¤.¨¨,£@¤
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.¤@@#¤@@#@ 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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,.,,@£@&¨§ then i run east toward my home. §¨££¨.£&@#
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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 #.¨¤.¨.¨,.
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.¨&¤¨@,§¨, other belongings. ,¤@&,¨¨¤¨.
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.¨#¨.,§@,, on her stomach, feet in the air, ¤§,£&&&¤¨£
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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 @.,..¤,.£@
#¤£§##@&£¨ throw it away. @.¨.£§.&¨£
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