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.@@§#..¨.. to west, getting broader and deeper and £@£&¤@§&£,
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#¨¨.¨..¤§¨ where the pine hands start to let .¤§##@@¨,&
.,§¤§&,.,¨ 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 ¨¨¨.,¨.,,,
#£&#@¤#&@# bitten. £@§&§#¤§§&
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¤¤#£##£#¤¤ but now i'm further back, on solid @#§@&&£§£&
§£¤@¤§@£## 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. §¤£&@£@¤¤¤
£&§&@&§&¤# §§£@§¤&§#¤
¤#£@@§§@§£ 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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§#£§@§¤@@# 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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