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####§^\~^¨ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¨^~\^§####
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#§\~^¨¨¨¨¨ 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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####§^\~^¨ MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ¨^~\^§####
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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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####§^\~^¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨^~\^§####
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#§^^~~~~^¨ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ¨^~~~~^^§#
####§^\~^¨ HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ¨^~\^§####
#^\\\~~^¨¨ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ¨¨^~~\\\^#
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####§^\~^¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨^~\^§####
####§^\~^¨ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ¨^~\^§####
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####§^\~^¨ 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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