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#@§¨..,@#¨ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ,§¤§#,,.¨§
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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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¤§¤@¤@£&@§ 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 £§@@£&@¨.,
£¤¤@#@§§#¤ 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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£#§§¤¤§& 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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