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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 ,###,,#,##
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##,,,,#,##   RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS    ,,,###,,#,
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#,##,,,,#,  PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS   ,,,,,###,,
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,,#,##,,,, FALL  ASLEEP  I'D  ALWAYS WAKE UP  FULLY ,,,,,,,###
#,,,###,,, RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ,,,,,,,#,#
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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. #,##,,#,,,
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