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&..¤,¨.,#@ pine arcades that were planted and ¨,££,.@,.#
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@£..,¨£&&§ already soaked up all the sun. ¨,¨¨¤£#¤&§
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,£@§&£¤,.¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and .¤§@@,,@@.
,¨@§#@¨,§& slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨,£§,¨¨,,.
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§¨¨##&@,¨@ water, stone rings and floating moss. ,¤&,¨.¨..¤
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,#§&£#@,.@ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #@¤¨.#@,.¨
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,..&#¨,§@¨ 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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¤¤#@£¤£¤§# 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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£&#@§&¤#¤@ on her stomach, feet in the air, §£§&&&¤@£#
¤§#@§¤¤¤#¤ roughly seven centimeters long. it's £#¤@££&#£@
££££#¤&£§@ 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 &£#&&##@@¤
#¤&#@@¤&¤# throw it away. £¤§££££¤@&
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