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£.@,#.&,&, underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨£,@¤¨§.£.
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#,&.¤.#¨¤, to west, getting broader and deeper and ¨£,.¤,@.@¨
@,¤,#,§,&¨ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just .&¨#¤.#¨£¨
&.£,#,§¨¤, where the pine hands start to let ¨¤¨.¤¨@,§.
&,¤.£,¤.#¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky ,&¨@#.§.&¨
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¤.£.¤.£¨§, 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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&,@¨&¨§,@¨ the soil is muddy. i slip when trying ,£,.§.@.£.
£,#.&.¤¨@¨ to get up, still looking at the .§¨#@¨@,#.
&.#¨#¨&.§, direction of sound rather than at my .@¨¨@,£.¤.
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§¨£,£,&¨¤¨ my pockets. .&.¨@¨&,¤.
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§.#¨#¨&¨£¨ clearing where you at first can spot ¨&¨&@.£¨£.
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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 .§,#&.¤,@.
§¨¤¨¤,§,§, other belongings. .&¨,§¨#,@,
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#.#.§¨#¨#¨ it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ,§.,£.¤,£¨
@.@¨£¨§,¤¨ on her stomach, feet in the air, .§,£&,¤.#.
£,£¨#.@¨#, roughly seven centimeters long. it's ¨£,¨@,&,&.
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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 ,#.§£¨§.¤,
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