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,¨^-=%&@¶# pine arcades that were planted and #¶@&%=-^¨,
.~~\$%## forgotten. wild boars roaming ###&%$\~~.
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.¨:~=%¤&@# already soaked up all the sun. #@&¤%=~:¨.
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,,»:§£@### to west, getting broader and deeper and ###@£§:»,,
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.~«=%£## where the pine hands start to let ###&£%=«~.
...-=*£#£# through light, horsemint on the rocky #£#£*=-...
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.¨.«:=%&@# they had been a swampworld with sylvan #@&%=:«.¨.
.,«:†%## water, stone rings and floating moss. ###&%†:«,.
.¨^=†$£@## you could've found me wallowing around ##@£$†=^¨.
¨:»\%¤#¶## on the southern shores until i got ##¶#¤%\»:¨
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¨~»\§£§### ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ###§£§\»~¨
.,,~^=## orange tin radio and a translucent ###&=^~,,.
.:»^=$§@## 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 #¶@$^;=:¨¨
.,~†^§¤### my pockets. ###¤§^†~,.
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.^«*§*¤### the house, not yet really in the ###¤*§*«^.
¨¨.=††$£¶# 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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.¨-~†$£#@# on her stomach, feet in the air, #@#£$†~-¨.
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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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