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¨.¨^.^\=&@ pine arcades that were planted and @&=\^.^¨.¨
..~\$$@### forgotten. wild boars roaming ###@$$\~..
¨:=:%@#@@# underneath, sniffing at the ground. it #@@#@%:=:¨
,-~;$@§#@# is dark and moist, the canopy having #@#§@$;~-,
.,»;†£¤@## already soaked up all the sun. ##@¤£†;»,.
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,~~^$@&#¤# to west, getting broader and deeper and #¤#&@$^~~,
.^=*§&#¶@# slower as it goes. equisetum grow just #@¶#&§*=^.
.,»=^£¤@## where the pine hands start to let ##@¤£^=»,.
..,,.~^*†¤ through light, horsemint on the rocky ¤†*^~.,,..
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,,~*†$££@£ they had been a swampworld with sylvan £@££$†*~,,
¨¨.¨:^=*$@ water, stone rings and floating moss. @$*=^:¨.¨¨
,.¨.,††^$# you could've found me wallowing around #$^††,.¨.,
¨:»;\=*%*@ on the southern shores until i got @*%*=\;»:¨
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,..«/^=†$@ but now i'm further back, on solid @$†=^/«..,
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..»;§¤#@@# orange tin radio and a translucent #@@#¤§;»..
¨,«^§††$#@ umbrella which i'm sitting on. @#$††§^«,¨
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.,=:†£&#@# invisible to my eyes but i can feel #@#&£†:=,.
.¨¨¨:/%$$§ through the ground just how large it is. §$$%/:¨¨¨.
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.^~:¤§@### to get up, still looking at the ###@§¤:~^.
.~~\$@@£## direction of sound rather than at my ##£@@$\~~.
,~\=@§£### hands, who are busy putting things in ###£§@=\~,
.,¨,,,/§¤# my pockets. #¤§/,,,¨,.
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,,¨,,»:†¤¶ the house, not yet really in the ¶¤†:»,,¨,,
,,~:*@@@@# backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my #@@@@*:~,,
,~«†§£&### radio (now dented) but also a small ###&£§†«~,
.,,,.~^$§@ clay figure i've never seen before. it @§$^~.,,,.
.,«\&&@### must have been laying in the wet dirt, ###@&&\«,.
¨.¨,¨¨~$&# and i must've picked it up with my #&$~¨¨,¨.¨
,-~\$$§¤*§ other belongings. §*¤§$$\~-,
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,~--~%*£¤# on her stomach, feet in the air, #¤£*%~--~,
¨.¨»-/=£¤¶ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ¶¤£=/-»¨.¨
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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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