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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. ,£.#¨£,#§,
@.@.¨&.¨#, you could've found me wallowing around ¨£,£.£¨.£.
£,&.££,@§. 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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£.¤,§£¨#&, 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 ,¤¨&,£¨,#.
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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, .@,@,@,,§¨
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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 ,¤.£.£,¨£,
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