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£#£&&..§¤@ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨,&£#..£@#
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#...,¨.£@@ water, stone rings and floating moss. ¤#&,¨,.¨,§
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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 @#¤#§¤#¤£#
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§@#¤¤&¤£@& other belongings. @§§§££§&##
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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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