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¤&¤@¤§£@§# already soaked up all the sun. #.,¨.#@§£#
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£¤§&§£#§.. to west, getting broader and deeper and @¤#&¤@..@@
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.@££&..¨¨¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky ¨¨,¨¨.¨.¨,
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&&¤#§#,¨.¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. .¨,.##§¤¤#
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&§&§.,,,., on the southern shores until i got ¨¨.¨¨¨@¤@@
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&,¨¤£.,¤¤, but now i'm further back, on solid ,#§¨.#@,.@
,¨,¨.,,.¨. ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,¨,¨,,,,,.
#&¤£#@&&@£ orange tin radio and a translucent &§@£§£@@§¤
££&##§¤&&§ umbrella which i'm sitting on. §####£¤@¤#
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#¤@@#&£@¤¤ invisible to my eyes but i can feel §&£§&£§§&£
§¤@&#@@&¤@ 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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@§§§&£#@¤£ 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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&¤@@@£££¤# it's a statuette of a girl laying naked @&¤£&§#@¤&
@££@§£¤#§# 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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