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,,,,,,,,,,             $ DREAM PALACE $             ,,,,,,,,,,
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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     $*/~.,,,,,
,,,,.~/*$&                 SPRING))                 &$*/~.,,,,
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,,.~/*$&¶#                     ~                    #¶&$*/~.,,
,.~/*$&¶##                                          ##¶&$*/~.,
,,.~/*$&¶# 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 $*/~.,,,,,
,,,,,,.~/* THEN  IT STAYS  SO UNTIL I  FALL ASLEEP. */~.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~/ IT  DOESN'T  RISE  UNLESS  I'VE  HAD  MY /~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.~                 DREAMS.                  ~.,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, IN  THIS COTTAGE THERE'S  A LOT OF RADIO ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,   EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE   ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, PLAYERS. PEN  AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND  VARIOUS THINGS  TO ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE  IS FILLED  WITH ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, DIFFERET FOODS, ALL  OF THEM INTRIGUING, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,             SLIGHTLY WEIRD.              ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,.~/* I HAVE FRIENDS -  THERE'S A  CAT, AND  A */~.,,,,,,
,,,,,.~/*$ 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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