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.,,,,,&§#¤ where the pine hands start to let £@¤¤#¤£&¨¨
&£¤£&..&¤£ through light, horsemint on the rocky ¤@@@¤¤¤¨,&
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§¤@##@§@,¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨.,¨&&,¨£§
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#§##¤&¨.#& on the southern shores until i got ¨¨.,§¤§&,,
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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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.,¨&§#¤@#£ 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 ¨..,,.,,,.
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&£&§££§#¤§ 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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