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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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,,#¨£#.@#@ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨,¤,,,§,§,
,¨§@#¨#&¨¨ orange tin radio and a translucent #,@§,.£§££
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@&.£§&&,§# my pockets. §.&¨,..¤,¤
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#¤#&¨#£,&¨ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ,#,¨@¨&,¤¨
§,,.@¤¨££§ radio (now dented) but also a small ¨§#¨@#&§£&
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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 #.#,#¨.@@&
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