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.£@¨¨,,¨¨, water, stone rings and floating moss. §§§¨,..&§,
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¤&@.,@§§§, 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 #@¨,..&&,,
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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 ¨,¨§@¤£¨.#
@§&¤¤&@&¨, hands, who are busy putting things in £#,.&@¨..,
.£§@@@§¨¨. my pockets. @¨¨,.¨.&£.
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§£&§@¤,.&& clearing where you at first can spot ¨,@@.¨#¤£&
£##@¤,¨,¨¨ 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 ¤&£@¤¤£¤&£
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§&&§&§§§&& freshly made, not yet completely dried. &@£&¤&#&&£
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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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