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@,@§££#¨## forgotten. wild boars roaming @&¨¨@&.,,@
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,§¤..,#¨,¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨§¤@&¨.&¨,
§¨§.¨£@,¨§ you could've found me wallowing around ¤,¨¨&¨£#.¨
£¤#.@.&,#, on the southern shores until i got #.,§§#¨£,@
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£¤,.¨¤,.§# orange tin radio and a translucent #¤.@¤§#£¨&
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&¤¤,¨£&£,¨ 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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