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§¨£¨#.#..& to west, getting broader and deeper and ¨.@¨@.¤¨£¨
@,#.&¨@¨#£ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨§#.@,&¨#¨
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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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§,@¨@¨#¨¤§ 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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£¨#¨§.&.,§ then i run east toward my home. ¨,&,£,£,¤¨
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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, .#£.@.§¨&.
¤.£,§.@.¨§ 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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