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,§¨#¤¨¤,¤, pine arcades that were planted and #@¨§,&¨#.£
¨&¨.§.&.&. forgotten. wild boars roaming ,§.£.§,@.&
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¨#¨@#¨¤.#. already soaked up all the sun. ££¨£,£,¤,#
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.§¨¨£,#.&, to west, getting broader and deeper and ,¤,§.@¨&,£
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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 ¨£¨£¨£¨#,£
,£.§§,¤,§, bitten. #@,&¨§.£,&
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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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¨¤.##.§,§, 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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¨£¨£&¨#¨§, clearing where you at first can spot £#¨§,#.¤,@
.§¨,§.£.§. 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 ,¤,£.#.§,§
,#¨¤¤,&.#. freshly made, not yet completely dried. ¤£,£.#,&,¤
,#,.&¨§.&¨ ¨#.¤¨¤¨#,¤
.&¨@@.£.§¨ 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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