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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 ¤#,¨,¨¨¤¤.
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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 ¤¨¨¤¤#&#¨,
¨#&,.¤,.¤# direction of sound rather than at my ,,¨¨#§¤¨.¨
¨¨..¨.¨.¨# hands, who are busy putting things in @£@¨.£.,#&
¨&#&&@§§¨¨ my pockets. §£,¨.,¨,¨¨
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.¨,¨¨,.§¤. backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my &&@..,,¨¨,
¤¤&£&¤,,., radio (now dented) but also a small @&¨¨££@§§@
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£§£,.¤@§@§ 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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