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¨--†$¤#@## DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ##@#¤$†--¨
¨¨¨--†$$$¤ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¤$$$†--¨¨¨
¨--†$$¤##@ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND @##¤$$†--¨
¨--†$$¤@## THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ##@¤$$†--¨
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¨--†$$¤#@@ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE @@#¤$$†--¨
¨--†$$¤#@@ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, @@#¤$$†--¨
¨--†$$#@## MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ##@#$$†--¨
¨--†$$¤#@# DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH #@#¤$$†--¨
¨--†$$$¤¤# DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, #¤¤$$$†--¨
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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 #@#¤$$†--¨
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¨--†$$¤#@# METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN #@#¤$$†--¨
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¨--†$$¤#@# WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY #@#¤$$†--¨
¨--†$$¤#@# RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS #@#¤$$†--¨
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¨--†$$¤#@# 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. #¤¤¤$$†--¨
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¨--†$$¤#@# 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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