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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 ¨¨&¨¤¨&@£¤
¨&.¨@,¨¤£# slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ,§§£££¨.¨£
§£¨§¤¨¤¨,& 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 #.¨§.¤£¨§¨
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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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¤.¤¨.£@.@§ the soil is muddy. i slip when trying §§¤§,£#,@.
£@#,@,§@,, to get up, still looking at the .¨.&§.¤#§£
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,@,,.£¤@,, 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 £¨&,£##.¨&
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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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£.§§£¨.¨¨¨ 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 §,@.¤@,¨#¨
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