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.¤,#,.§#.£ water, stone rings and floating moss. ,,,¨#¨,#¤&
£¤#¤&¨#,§@ you could've found me wallowing around ¨,.,§§.@¨¨
£.,¨,#@&@, 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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£,.&.¨#.@£ to get up, still looking at the @.¨¨,#@,,,
§#,§@.@@#, direction of sound rather than at my #&,¨,§¨£..
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&¤&¨£#¨£¨# my pockets. §@¤§¨&,,¨§
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§¨¤#,.¤§£, radio (now dented) but also a small #.¨.#¤@.&¨
#¤&,&¨£,,& clay figure i've never seen before. it ¨@.¨£,.&@@
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.¨¨#..¨.¤§ and i must've picked it up with my ,¤,#§¨&§§¨
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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 .¨&,,¤##¤¤
,§#@,,¨#§§ throw it away. .,@£¨&,..,
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