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,§¨#@.@,§@ already soaked up all the sun. £¨§¨,#.§¨#
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.¤.,#,@¨¨# ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¤,§,§#,@,£
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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 @.£.¤§¨#.£
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¨§¨,£,§,,¤ 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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,§¨¨¤¨&..£ other belongings. #.#.&&¨§,#
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,@,&£.&,¤§ on her stomach, feet in the air, ¤¨#¨¨&¨@.£
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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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