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.§@.&.¨@,£ through light, horsemint on the rocky ¤£.&.&.£.#
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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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.¨@,¤,£§¨# ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,&,#,@.§,£
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,.&¨§.&£,& umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¨&.¤.&.#.¤
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¨.§.&,£§¨@ 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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¨.¤¨@¨§§,§ 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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¨#¤.§,.£¨£ 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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