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,,-«†^%¤@# pine arcades that were planted and #@¤%^†«-,,
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.,,=*§§£#@ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just @#£§§*=,,.
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,:«\%%#### water, stone rings and floating moss. ####%%\«:,
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..^-:*£&@# orange tin radio and a translucent #@&£*:-^..
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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 @@&£%;~-¨,
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,~=:†*#£@# other belongings. #@£#*†:=~,
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,^=/†*£### roughly seven centimeters long. it's ###£*†/=^,
.,-«=*@@ freshly made, not yet completely dried. @#&@*=«-,.
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.¨,~/%$#¶@ my mom is here now. i ask her for some @¶#$%/~,¨.
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