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§&.¤,§,@., to west, getting broader and deeper and .#,£,¨@.&¨
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##¨#.@¨£,¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. ,£.&..£¨¤,
.#¨§¨#.&.# you could've found me wallowing around ,£.@.££.§.
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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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.&¨§.@,¤,§ 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 ,¤.§.¤@¨@¨
¤@.£.#,&.. must have been laying in the wet dirt, .£.&,¨@,£.
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&&.¤¨#,§.¨ other belongings. .&,@..#,@.
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£§,£.£,&., 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 .@.@.¨£¨§,
.§.£¨§¨#,# she is worried and wants me to ¨£.§,£#.@¨
¤¤¨§,&¨@,¨ throw it away. ,¤¨£¨¨&¨£,
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