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¤&&£¤¤,..¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky ,#&#,,¨¨,,
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&..&§@@.,§ water, stone rings and floating moss. @@&&#£§¨.#
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&&&¨,..£§# on the southern shores until i got ¤¤££¤¨.#¤#
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¨¨¨.#@..,. orange tin radio and a translucent @@,¨#£&¤£@
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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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.,&¤.¨§§¨, 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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@£#££&§&@£ other belongings. #§§#§@¤&£&
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£#@§£¤¤£&¤ roughly seven centimeters long. it's &@¤§§£¤£#¤
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¤&&@##@£££ particle board for it to dry on, but §£¤&££@&¤&
#§#£§¤¤&§£ she is worried and wants me to §#@£@£§£¤#
¤§§@£&§££¤ throw it away. #§¤££&@##§
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