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##¨¨¨@,.&. pine arcades that were planted and ¨§,#,&&,¤¤
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.¨¨§¨¤,¤¤, to west, getting broader and deeper and £,¨#¨,..#£
&¨,§¤@#§.@ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just @§,£#¨.¨£.
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.,#¤#.¨,£, through light, horsemint on the rocky ,#@.§#§.¤¨
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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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.¤,@@@,#¤. invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¨#¤£.#¨¨¤#
#§£#,.##.& 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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.#,.@££¤¤¨ clearing where you at first can spot £#..£,¤,,¨
,@@,@,¨¨,§ 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, ,£§,£@.@#@
¨&§&§¨¨&#. and i must've picked it up with my .¤.@&.¤¤,¨
,£¨¨.£,§.& other belongings. ¨@§#.#§.@¨
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#@,#,&.¨¨. it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ¨£#¨@,&§¨.
§,@#£@#,,¨ 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 ¤£&¨@¤¨§£¨
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