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.-«\*£&@## forgotten. wild boars roaming ##@&£*\«-.
.:»:$$£@¶# underneath, sniffing at the ground. it #¶@£$$:»:.
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¨-,,:=*\§# to west, getting broader and deeper and #§\*=:,,-¨
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,:~*†%@@@# where the pine hands start to let #@@@%†*~:,
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.,-:%@£### they had been a swampworld with sylvan ###£@%:-,.
¨:=/*£¤¶## 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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.^«;%*¤### 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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,-»*%$¤¶## then i run east toward my home. ##¶¤$%*»-,
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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 ###%^;†~,,
¨^~;*$#### must have been laying in the wet dirt, ####$*;~^¨
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.~»*§$#¶@# other belongings. #@¶#$§*»~.
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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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