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,,,,,~=%%#             % DREAM PALACE %             #%%=~,,,,,
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,,~=%%#### NOT  ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ####%%=~,,
,,,~=%%###  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   ###%%=~,,,
,,,,~=%%## OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND   STREAMS  AND ##%%=~,,,,
,,,,,~=%%#   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   #%%=~,,,,,
,,,,~=%%##     BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE    ##%%=~,,,,
,,,~=%%###                 SPRING))                 ###%%=~,,,
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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 ###%%=~,,,
,,~=%%#### DIFFERET  FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ####%%=~,,
,,,~=%%###              SLIGHTLY WEIRD.             ###%%=~,,,
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,,,,,~=%%#                    £                     #%%=~,,,,,
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,,,~=%%### I  HAVE FRIENDS  - THERE'S A CAT,  AND A ###%%=~,,,
,,~=%%#### DOG   (WHO  IS  RIDICOLOUSLY  LARGE  AND ####%%=~,,
,,,~=%%### 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    ##%%=~,,,,
,,,~=%%###   PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS  ###%%=~,,,
,,~=%%#### HEALED, AND WHEREVER  AND  WHENEVER  I'D ####%%=~,,
,,,~=%%### FALL  ASLEEP  I'D  ALWAYS WAKE UP  FULLY ###%%=~,,,
,,,,~=%%## RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ##%%=~,,,,
,,,,,~=%%# ACCIDENTS  WHERE   I   LOSE   STUFF   BY #%%=~,,,,,
,,,,~=%%## FORGETTING  TO  PUT THEM IN  THE SQUARE. ##%%=~,,,,
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,,~=%%####                    ,                     ####%%=~,,
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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. #%%=~,,,,,
,,,,~=%%## THIS  IS  A  MYSTERY WE  OFTEN  DISCUSS. ##%%=~,,,,
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