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@#@£&&¤§¨. water, stone rings and floating moss. #¤¨,¨¨¨,.,
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£#¤@£#£@@& ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an §£.¨&£&@@§
&¤#&£#§£#& orange tin radio and a translucent ,¨,.,@¤§&£
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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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#&£@&&@#@£ 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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&£&&§#£#@& 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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