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§%%%;;;~,¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨,~;;;%%%§
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##§%;,,,¨¨ 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, ¨¨¨~~;;%§§
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##%;;~¨¨¨¨ 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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#@#§%%;~,¨ 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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