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,,=/%£¤£@# to west, getting broader and deeper and #@£¤£%/=,,
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.,~==£¤@## water, stone rings and floating moss. ##@¤£==~,.
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,,=/†$@#@# on the southern shores until i got #@#@$†/=,,
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,^»\†$@@@# direction of sound rather than at my #@@@$†\»^,
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,:~;=%§@@# my pockets. #@@§%=;~:,
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,^~;$*##@# the house, not yet really in the #@##*$;~^,
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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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