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.^«:$%§#@# where the pine hands start to let #@#§%$:«^.
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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 #£@&=^~^..
.~»**@## umbrella which i'm sitting on. ##@#&**»~.
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,,,.=/*£§¶ direction of sound rather than at my ¶§£*/=.,,,
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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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,.:-^†$@## freshly made, not yet completely dried. ##@$†^-:.,
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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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