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,.~////§£# NOT ACTUALLY A  PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE #£§////~.,
,.~/^^^£££  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   £££^^^/~.,
,.~/^§£££@ OTHER  DAY,   SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS  AND @£££§^/~.,
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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, #@#£§^/~.,
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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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,.~/^§£#@# METER  AREA  ON  THE  FLOOR WHERE  I CAN #@#£§^/~.,
,.~/^§£#@# "SAVE"  THINGS. WHATEVER  I PUT  IN HERE #@#£§^/~.,
,,,,~~/§£@ WILL  NOT  BE  AFFECTED BY  THE  NIGHTLY @£§/~~,,,,
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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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,.~/^§£#@# 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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