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&&§§:=¨¨¨¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨¨¨¨=:§§&&
##@&%§:=-¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨-=:§%&@##
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##@&%§:=-¨ 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 ¨-=:§%&@##
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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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