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¤¨,§,,,#¨@ through light, horsemint on the rocky &¤.£,#§.#,
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@¨£.@.&&,¤ water, stone rings and floating moss. £&,&¨.,&¤,
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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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#.&.§§¨¤¨. to get up, still looking at the ¨¨.¤@#,@¨@
¤¤§£.&@§¨, direction of sound rather than at my ,.@,,&&#£¨
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.¨&.&¨¤#.¤ my pockets. ¤,§¤&¨¨@,@
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#¨§@§@..£# 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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.#.§.¤.,&¨ 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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