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,......... SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, .........,
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†=,....... THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. .......,=†
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=,........ DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ........,=
†=,....... WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO .......,=†
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§^†=,..... MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND .....,=†^§
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^†=,...... METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ......,=†^
†=,....... "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE .......,=†
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,......... RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS .........,
.......... COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ..........
,......... PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS .........,
=,........ HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ........,=
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†=,....... FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER .......,=†
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,......... ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. .........,
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