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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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£#,@#£§..¨ 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 ¨,@.¨#@¨@¨
##.¨@@¨,@# 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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..@¨§#§#&§ the soil is muddy. i slip when trying ¨¤¨§,§.@¨.
¨.£##.¨... 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 §#£#,@,#§@
¤.¨¨@,¨.¨¨ other belongings. §.¨.¤@&&.,
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¤¤#¨.,,,£§ freshly made, not yet completely dried. #¨&&@£¨.¨.
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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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