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$==^,,,,,, DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ,,,,,,^==$
§$==^,,,,, SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ,,,,,^==$§
§§$==^,,,, BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ,,,,^==$§§
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§$==^,,,,, IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ,,,,,^==$§
$==^,,,,,, EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ,,,,,,^==$
§$==^,,,,, PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ,,,,,^==$§
§§$==^,,,, MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ,,,,^==$§§
£§§$==^,,, DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ,,,^==$§§£
#£§§$==^,, DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ,,^==$§§£#
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§$==^,,,,, I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ,,,,,^==$§
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§$==^,,,,, WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ,,,,,^==$§
§§$==^,,,, THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ,,,,^==$§§
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#£§§$==^,, SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ,,^==$§§£#
##£§§$==^, OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ,^==$§§£##
#£§§$==^,, AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ,,^==$§§£#
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§§$==^,,,, METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ,,,,^==$§§
£§§$==^,,, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ,,,^==$§§£
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#£§§$==^,, COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ,,^==$§§£#
£§§$==^,,, PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ,,,^==$§§£
§§$==^,,,, HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ,,,,^==$§§
§$==^,,,,, FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ,,,,,^==$§
$==^,,,,,, RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ,,,,,,^==$
§$==^,,,,, ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ,,,,,^==$§
§§$==^,,,, FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ,,,,^==$§§
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§§$==^,,,, THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ,,,,^==$§§
§$==^,,,,, IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ,,,,,^==$§
$==^,,,,,, LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ,,,,,,^==$
§$==^,,,,, FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ,,,,,^==$§
§§$==^,,,, - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ,,,,^==$§§
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