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#,£,&¨#¨.§ water, stone rings and floating moss. .¤£¨.#,¨@.
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#¨&¨@.&.¨& ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨£§,.#,,#.
#,&¨§.£,¤£ orange tin radio and a translucent ..£.¤@.§@¨
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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 ,,£,£@,¤£¨
£.§.#¨&¨.# 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, ,,§.##¨@&,
§.£,¤,¤..@ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ¨¤£¨¨#..¤,
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#¨£¨@¨#.§§ my mom is here now. i ask her for some ¨¨§.&§.#@.
@.§.£,#,.¤ particle board for it to dry on, but ,#@¨¨¤¨,¤¨
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