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¤&¨&¨#,£.§ where the pine hands start to let ,&#.&¨&¨¤,
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&@¨@,¤.#¨@ water, stone rings and floating moss. .¤@.£,§.£¨
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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 .,£.¤.¤.¤¨
#£,§,§.@¨# umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¨&¤.@¨@.@¨
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££.£¨&,£¨¤ through the ground just how large it is. ¨@£,#.£.&¨
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&#.£,&.¤.@ 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 ¨.#,&,@,§.
£@.£¨#¨#,@ must have been laying in the wet dirt, ¨&#,&¨§¨¤¨
.#,£,£¨#¨& and i must've picked it up with my ¨¨¤.&¨¤.£,
&#,&¨#.@¨§ other belongings. ¨&§¨§¨¤,@.
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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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