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####,#,#,#   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 #,,##,##,#
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###,,#,##, SUN IS  ABOUT  TO RISE. ITS A  LONG DAY, ,#####,##,
#,,#,###,# BEFORE IT  FADES  TO  NIGHT  AGAIN,  AND ,#,,,,##,#
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####,,#,#, IT  DOESN'T  RISE  UNLESS  I'VE  HAD  MY ,,,#,,###,
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##,#,####, 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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###,,,#,## 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 ,#,,,,,,,,
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#,,,,,#,#, HEALED,  AND WHEREVER  AND  WHENEVER I'D ,#,#,##,,,
##,,,,#### FALL  ASLEEP  I'D  ALWAYS WAKE  UP FULLY ######,#,,
#,#,,,#,,, RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S #,,,,,###,
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#,,,,####, LARGE  SPRAWLING  CITY, WHERE  MY  RADIO ,#,,,##,,,
##,,,#,,,# FRIENDS LIVE.  WE GO EXPLORING  TOGETHER ###,,#,#,,
#,#,,##,,# - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT  UNLIKE ,,,#,####,
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