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,,,,,.=*@# WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY #@*=.,,,,,
,.†*£@#### OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ####@£*†.,
,.=†*£@### MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ###@£*†=.,
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,.=†***@@@ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, @@@***†=.,
,.=†*£@### BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ###@£*†=.,
,.=†*£@### THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ###@£*†=.,
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,,.==†**@# 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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,.=††**@@# DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND #@@**††=.,
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,....†**@# 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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,.=†*£@### 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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,,,.===*@# AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS #@*===.,,,
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,.=†*£@### THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ###@£*†=.,
,.=†*£@### IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ###@£*†=.,
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,,,,.†**£@ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. @£**†.,,,,
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