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#.¨@,#£,.§ pine arcades that were planted and &¨.¨#¨¨,@¨
§¨#&#.£¨§¤ forgotten. wild boars roaming @..&¤,¨£¤@
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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 ,@,#.,§&&§
.,,,¨,¨.,@ 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 §,#§¤¨,£¨,
&.§,,@¨.£¤ must have been laying in the wet dirt, @#,¨@¨§§,&
£&@,¤§,#,§ and i must've picked it up with my ,#¨&§§,&£,
,,@£,#@&§. other belongings. §@£..@@¨£#
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..&@¤,@¨#, on her stomach, feet in the air, £,,¨.@@,.,
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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 .¤#@¤£,£.¤
,§§#¨,&¨¨, throw it away. §.,,,@§¤@.
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