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,,#,###### I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM.  IT'S ,,,,######
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###,,#,,,, 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 #,#,#,,,#,
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#,#####,#,   EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE   ,#,,,,#,#,
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,,,#,,,#,, MIRRORS,  PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS  TO #,,#,,#,,,
,,,##,,##, DO ART  WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED  WITH ##,##,##,,
,,,#,#,#,# DIFFERET FOODS, ALL  OF THEM INTRIGUING, ,,##,##,#,
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#,#,#,,,## MYSELF,  SONGS  AND  POETRY,  AND  FOUND #,,,#,#,,#
,#####,,#, SOUNDS FROM THE  FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ,#,,####,#
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,,#,,,###, AND  TELL  TALES  OF  THE  OLD WORLD.  I ,,,###,,#,
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#####,,##, RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ###,####,,
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