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#,,#,,,##, NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE.  A COTTAGE IN THE ,,##,,,#,#
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####,#,### OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS   AND  STREAMS  AND ,,####,#,,
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,,,,,,,### THEN IT STAYS SO  UNTIL I  FALL  ASLEEP. ,##,,,,##,
,,,,,,,#,, IT  DOESN'T  RISE  UNLESS  I'VE  HAD  MY ,#,#,,,#,#
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,#,,,#,,,, MIRRORS, PRISMS,  AND VARIOUS  THINGS TO ###,##,,,,
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,#,#,#,#,, DIFFERET FOODS,  ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ##,#,###,,
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,,,,#,,#,# THE SHORTWAVE  RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ###,###,##
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##,,#,##,, 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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##,#,#,#,# RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ,###,,,#,#
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,,,#,,,,#, 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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