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¤¨@.@,§&#¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky .@.£,.@&@,
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.£@¨¨¨.§¨£ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an &,##,¤§.¨£
#,&,,.§£¤¨ orange tin radio and a translucent @@¨¤&.§¨¤#
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,£@&&£&.#¤ to get up, still looking at the #£¤@§.@¨.,
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#¨¨,£#&.¨¤ 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, #¤,¨.¤&.¨,
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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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