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§¨¤,£,&.&. already soaked up all the sun. ,.#.§,£.£.
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@¨£.#.&.@¨ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ,,£.£,¤,#.
§,£,@,@,&. water, stone rings and floating moss. ,&#¨#.£.£.
@.&,¤¨#.#¨ you could've found me wallowing around ¨.#,#,@¨£,
&¨#.#.£,¤. on the southern shores until i got .@#,¤,£.#¨
£.@,#¨&¨£. bitten. ¨,£,&.#.§¨
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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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#¨§.§,&.&¨ 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 ¨&&.&,@.&,
£¨&¨£.¤.£, hands, who are busy putting things in ¨.§,@,@,#,
¤,#,£¨¤¨§. 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 ..£¨§,#¨#.
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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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