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#.,&@¨¨££¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky ,¨..,.,,¨@
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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 ¤@§§##@@&&
£&.,##££¨. umbrella which i'm sitting on. @&#@#£#¤@&
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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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.¨@#..£§¨. the house, not yet really in the @#..£#¨,§§
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¤§&@#§¤#¤¤ 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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@&£#&&@§§@ roughly seven centimeters long. it's §§£§@@§£¤#
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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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