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£.@.£,¤.&¨ pine arcades that were planted and ¨#&.@,£¨&.
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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 ¨.§,&¨&,¤¨
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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 .@&.§¨¤¨@¨
£.&¨£.@,&, must have been laying in the wet dirt, .,@,¤.£.£,
¤.§¨#,@,@, and i must've picked it up with my .#¤,#,#,&.
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£.£.@¨§¨@. it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ,¨¤,§,#.¤.
£,£.&¨¤,£. on her stomach, feet in the air, ,§¤¨£¨#,§.
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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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