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..£&&£¨¨&& already soaked up all the sun. #&§&,.¨.#¤
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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 ....@¤#@¨¨
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.,.¨¨.¤¤.¨ bitten. #£¨¨¨¨..#§
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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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@¤¤§££§£§¤ 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 §¤¤&¤¤§£¤§
&#£@@@&&@§ throw it away. &§#¤§£¤@§#
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