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&¨.#,¤.@,# slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨£.,@.&¨£,
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£.¨¤¨¤.¤,§ orange tin radio and a translucent .#,,@¨#.¤,
#,¤£.&¨@,¨ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ,£¨&¤,¤¨#¨
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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 ¨&¨¨#.@.@.
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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 ,¤,¨#,£.£,
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#.,§.¤.@¨£ and i must've picked it up with my .£..@,§.#,
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£.&¤.£¨¤., it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ¨§¨£§,@,¤.
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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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