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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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,§¨££.&¨@& orange tin radio and a translucent §&,£.¤@£&¤
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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 ¤§##§§&¨.¨
§£,.¨¤,§#¤ hands, who are busy putting things in ..,,...¤.,
#,@¨.@¤¤., my pockets. ¨¨¨.¨,.£#.
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£¤#@¨¨¨#,# backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ¨@#,,,,&,@
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£¨,,&¤.#., 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 @£.¨¨#&§¨¤
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.#£&,#,.¤¨ on her stomach, feet in the air, ¤&£&&.&§,¨
.#¨¨@#¤.¤# roughly seven centimeters long. it's .,¨¨.§§.@.
.@¤.&..&&¨ freshly made, not yet completely dried. ,¨,.,@¨§&#
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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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