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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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.--:$$$*££ players. pen and paper, books, cameras, ££*$$$:--.
.--:$*££££ mirrors, prisms, and various things to ££££*$:--.
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...--:*£££ 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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....---$*£ meter area on the floor where i can £*$---....
.--:$*££## "save" things. whatever i put in here ##££*$:--.
.--:$*££## will not be affected by the nightly ##££*$:--.
.....--$$£ reset. everything else, however, is £$$--.....
.---:$***£ completely reset overnight: synth £***$:---.
..----$*££ patches removed, food uneaten, wounds ££*$----..
.--:$$$£££ healed, and wherever and whenever i'd £££$$$:--.
....-$$*££ fall asleep i'd always wake up fully ££*$$-....
.--:::$$££ rested in my bed. sometimes there's ££$$:::--.
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.--:$*££## forgetting to put them in the square. ##££*$:--.
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.--:$*£### at night, i have demi-lucid dreams ###£*$:--.
.--:$*££## where the spirits of the forest around ##££*$:--.
.--:$*££## the cottage tries to communicate. here, ##££*$:--.
.--:$*££## it's not endless but connected to a ##££*$:--.
.--:$*££## large sprawling city, where my radio ##££*$:--.
.--:$*££## friends live. we go exploring together ##££*$:--.
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--:$*££### me, they never remember during the day. ###££*$:--
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