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,,@§#..£@§ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ,@§§.,.,,¨
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.,.&.¨,¨¨¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨.#.,..¤£,
§£,,¨&£&£# you could've found me wallowing around ¨,..§§¨¨,.
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§#¨,¨¨.#§& bitten. ¤§¨.£¤¨¨..
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.¨,...§&,, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¤,,§£.¨@#,
£§££#.,.,§ orange tin radio and a translucent ,¨,...¨..,
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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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,,##&¤¤£§£ 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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¤£¨¨..#§,. 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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