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#,#,,##,,# SUN IS ABOUT TO  RISE.  ITS  A LONG DAY, #,#,,,,,,#
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,#,,,,,##, IT  DOESN'T  RISE  UNLESS  I'VE  HAD  MY ,##,,,#,,#
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##,###,#,# MIRRORS, PRISMS,  AND VARIOUS THINGS  TO ,,##,,#,,,
,##,,##### DO  ART WITH.  THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ,#,#,##,,#
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##,##,,##, SOUNDS  FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ,#,#,,##,,
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###,#,#,,, LARGE  SPRAWLING CITY,  WHERE  MY  RADIO ###,,,#,##
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