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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 @,¤,.¤,&,£
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.§.&,£§.§¨ clay figure i've never seen before. it ¤,¤,§§,§.£
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.@,#.@#¨§, 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 §¨§.#&¨#¨#
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