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#$†=^..... WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY .....^=†$#
##$†=^.... OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ....^=†$##
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#$†=^..... I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S .....^=†$#
$†=^...... DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ......^=†$
†=^....... SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, .......^=†
=^........ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ........^=
^......... THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. .........^
.......... IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ..........
.......... DREAMS. ..........
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^......... IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO .........^
=^........ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ........^=
†=^....... PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, .......^=†
$†=^...... MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ......^=†$
#$†=^..... DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH .....^=†$#
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#$†=^..... WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO .....^=†$#
$†=^...... THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ......^=†$
†=^....... MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND .......^=†
=^........ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ........^=
^......... OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, .........^
.......... AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ..........
.......... CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ..........
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^......... MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE .........^
=^........ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ........^=
†=^....... "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE .......^=†
$†=^...... WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ......^=†$
#$†=^..... RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS .....^=†$#
##$†=^.... COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ....^=†$##
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#@##$†=^.. HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ..^=†$##@#
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=^........ AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ........^=
^......... WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND .........^
.......... THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ..........
.......... IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ..........
.......... LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ..........
.......... FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ..........
.......... - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ..........
^......... ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. .........^
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