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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 ,,,,,,,=%#
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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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