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,^~^^$$$## Not Actually  A Palace. A Cottage In The ##$$$^^~^,
,^~^^$#£##  Woods (Temperate Climate, Rains Every   ##£#$^^~^,
,,^~~~^^$£ Other  Day,  Springs  And  Streams   And £$^^~~~^,,
,,,^~^$$$#   Mysterious Iron And Stone Artifacts,   #$$$^~^,,,
,,,,,,^^^#     Birdland-Ish Eternal Spring (Late    #^^^,,,,,,
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,^~~^^^##£ I Wake Up Every Morning At  Six Am. It'S £##^^^~~^,
,^~^^$#£## Dark,  And The Stars  Are  Out, But  The ##£#$^^~^,
,^~^^$#££# Sun  Is About To Rise.  Its  A Long Day, #££#$^^~^,
,^~^^$#£## Before  It  Fades To  Night  Again,  And ##£#$^^~^,
,^~^^^^^^# Then  It  Stays So Until I Fall  Asleep. #^^^^^^~^,
,^~^^$#£## It  Doesn'T  Rise  Unless  I'Ve  Had  My ##£#$^^~^,
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,,^^^^^^^# In This Cottage There'S  A Lot Of  Radio #^^^^^^^,,
,^~^^^^^$£   Equipment, Sound Stuff, Synths, Tape   £$^^^^^~^,
,,,,,^~^## 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, £#^~~~,,,,
,^~^$#£###              Slightly Weird.             ###£#$^~^,
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,^~^^$#£## I Have  Friends - There'S  A  Cat, And A ##£#$^^~^,
,^~^^$#£## Dog   (Who  Is  Ridicolously  Large  And ##£#$^^~^,
,^~^^$#£## Wants To Be The Big  Spoon). I Listen To ##£#$^^~^,
,,,,,,~^## The Shortwave  Radio, And Transmit A Bit ##^~,,,,,,
,^~^^$###£ Myself,  Songs  And  Poetry,  And  Found £###$^^~^,
,,,,,,^~^# Sounds From The Forest.  The Others Tell #^~^,,,,,,
,^~^^$#£## Of  Their Lives, Play The Guitar For Me, ##£#$^^~^,
,^~~^^^$££ And  Tell  Tales  Of  The  Old  World. I ££$^^^~~^,
,,,,^~^$£#      Consider Them Friends As Well.      #£$^~^,,,,
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,^~^^$#£## Most Importantly,  There'S A Two  Square ##£#$^^~^,
,^~^^$#£££ Meter  Area  On The  Floor  Where  I Can £££#$^^~^,
,^~^^$#££# "Save" Things.  Whatever  I  Put In Here #££#$^^~^,
,,,,,,,~^# 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 #^~~^,,,,,
,^~^^$#£## Rested  In  My  Bed.  Sometimes  There'S ##£#$^^~^,
,^~^^$#£## Accidents   Where   I   Lose   Stuff  By ##£#$^^~^,
,^~^^$#£## Forgetting  To  Put Them In The  Square. ##£#$^^~^,
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,^~^^$#£££ At  Night,  I   Have  Demi-Lucid  Dreams £££#$^^~^,
,,,^^^^^$£ Where The Spirits  Of The Forest  Around £$^^^^^,,,
,^~^^$#£## The Cottage Tries To  Communicate. Here, ##£#$^^~^,
,^~^^$#£## It'S  Not  Endless  But  Connected To  A ##£#$^^~^,
,^~^^$#£## Large  Sprawling  City, Where  My  Radio ##£#$^^~^,
,^~^^$#### Friends  Live. We Go Exploring  Together ####$^^~^,
,,,,,~^^^# - 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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