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,:=;%£@### to west, getting broader and deeper and ###@£%;=:,
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,..¨¨=§%§@ where the pine hands start to let @§%§=¨¨..,
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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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,..¨./*£$£ but now i'm further back, on solid £$£*/.¨..,
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,,»†*@#### 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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.~-=%§£### 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 ##¶&%^*»-.
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,^~*^$¤¤#@ clay figure i've never seen before. it @#¤¤$^*~^,
.,=**%$£§£ must have been laying in the wet dirt, £§£$%**=,.
..~;*$&@## and i must've picked it up with my ##@&$*;~..
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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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