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§¨¨..&.&,, to west, getting broader and deeper and ,#¨#,&...,
#@...§#&@. slower as it goes. equisetum grow just .@&££¤¤¨.,
&.&,¨&¨,¨¤ where the pine hands start to let @&,.¨¨¨¤,¨
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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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#@#¨&,¨&£§ 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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§&,#.,§§#¨ 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 ,¨¨@,@¤¤.&
£¤¤.§§¨§¤¨ 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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