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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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.,=:%$@### Then  It Stays So  Until I Fall  Asleep. ###@$%:=,.
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.,=:%$####   Equipment, Sound Stuff, Synths, Tape   ####$%:=,.
.,=:%$#@## Players. Pen And Paper, Books,  Cameras, ##@#$%:=,.
.,=:%$#@## Mirrors, Prisms,  And Various  Things To ##@#$%:=,.
.,=:%$#### Do Art With. The Fridge Is  Filled  With ####$%:=,.
.,=:%$#@## Differet Foods, All Of Them  Intriguing, ##@#$%:=,.
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.,===:%$@@ Wants To Be The Big Spoon). I  Listen To @@$%:===,.
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.,=:%$#@## Myself,  Songs  And  Poetry,  And  Found ##@#$%:=,.
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.,=:%$$$@# Of Their Lives, Play  The Guitar For Me, #@$$$%:=,.
.,=:%$#@## And  Tell Tales  Of  The  Old  World.  I ##@#$%:=,.
.,=:%$#@##      Consider Them Friends As Well.      ##@#$%:=,.
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.,=:%$@### Meter  Area On  The Floor  Where  I  Can ###@$%:=,.
.,=:%$$#@# "Save"  Things.  Whatever I Put In  Here #@#$$%:=,.
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.,=:%$#@##   Reset. Everything Else, However, Is    ##@#$%:=,.
.,=:%$####    Completely Reset Overnight: Synth     ####$%:=,.
.,=:%$####   Patches Removed, Food Uneaten, Wounds  ####$%:=,.
.,=:%$#@## Healed, And  Wherever  And Whenever  I'D ##@#$%:=,.
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.,=:%%$$## It'S  Not  Endless  But  Connected  To A ##$$%%:=,.
.,=:%$#@## Large Sprawling  City,  Where  My  Radio ##@#$%:=,.
.,=:%$$$@# Friends  Live.  We Go Exploring Together #@$$$%:=,.
.,=:%$#@## -  Things Are Deep And Dark - But Unlike ##@#$%:=,.
.,=:%$@### Me, They Never Remember During  The Day. ###@$%:=,.
.,=:%$#### This  Is  A  Mystery  We  Often Discuss. ####$%:=,.
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