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¨@¨.&,¨,§¤ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨#@,.¨§¨@§
@&§¨¤#.¨¤¨ where the pine hands start to let ¤@¨£.,§£#¨
¤..#@,£¨§& through light, horsemint on the rocky ,,¤@§¨£¨.¤
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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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¨,.&¨#¤,.§ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,,.#£&&¤,,
...¤@&.&.¤ orange tin radio and a translucent ¤..#.,¨¨&.
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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 ¤@&.§.,§,¤
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§.,£¨¤@### 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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¨¨#.,#§,¤¨ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ¤,..£&¤¨.,
¨¨§&.#¨#&£ freshly made, not yet completely dried. £¤¨¨&,¨¤.,
.,¤,£§&&,¨ .,@,&#,§@.
,¨&¤£,¨¨#¨ 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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