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@,¨#¤...,, already soaked up all the sun. ,¤£§§£#¨.&
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§&¤§¤#¨¨&@ water, stone rings and floating moss. ¤¤@§,¨¤#&@
#§§§§,.¨,# you could've found me wallowing around ££#,..,&£¤
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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 #£¤.¨¨.#¤@
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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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¤@££@&¤¤&§ it's a statuette of a girl laying naked &§§#&¤#&##
£¤##&¤¤§§# 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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