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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 §#¨¤.££..#
@,,,,@¨£¤. where the pine hands start to let §,£@¤&¨£¨#
.£¨.¨£¤¤¨# through light, horsemint on the rocky ##§,.¨&&£@
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¤§,.&..,.. you could've found me wallowing around ,&,@¨..,..
£.&,#@,.,. on the southern shores until i got ,&&@#¨¨,¨,
£@&§#¨&,¨. bitten. ¤@.,¨&¨,,,
£,,.¨&#¤.¨ ¤.£..#£,¨,
£§¨,¨&.,¤¨ 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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@,.¤£,..,¤ 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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&¤¤.¨#,#¨& 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 &£.#.£,¤§¤
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,¤@#,##.@, and i must've picked it up with my @&&¨.,..@,
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.¤§§&¨¨@¨. roughly seven centimeters long. it's ¨,@.£.¨£§#
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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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