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.¨@&£.,,.£ water, stone rings and floating moss. .,.¨#&..&£
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£§¨,..,.¨@ on the southern shores until i got ¨¨..§§##§&
#.,#£#§§.¨ bitten. £&£¨¨@§¤£¤
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§§¤£££§£@@ orange tin radio and a translucent ¤§@¤§#¤&@&
&£¤&¤§&@£¤ umbrella which i'm sitting on. §£§#&#¤@&¤
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£#&¤§@#£## 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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§#§#@£££¤§ 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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##@§&¤@@£¤ 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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