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,,,,~:†&##             & DREAM PALACE &             ##&†:~,,,,
,,,,,~:†&#             , ----- ------ ,             #&†:~,,,,,
,,,,,,~:†&             & ..... ...... &             &†:~,,,,,,
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,,,,,~:†&#             , ..... ...... ,             #&†:~,,,,,
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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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,,,,~:†&##                     ~                    ##&†:~,,,,
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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.                  &†:~,,,,,,
,,,,,~:†&#                                          #&†:~,,,,,
,,,,~:†&##                    †                     ##&†:~,,,,
,,,~:†&###                                          ###&†:~,,,
,,~:†&#### 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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,,,,,,,~:†                    ,                     †:~,,,,,,,
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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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