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##@¤$†;~,. WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY .,~;†$¤@##
##@¤$†;~,. OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND .,~;†$¤@##
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###@¤$†;~, I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ,~;†$¤@###
##@¤$†;~,. DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE .,~;†$¤@##
¤$$;~,.... SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ....,~;$$¤
##@¤$†;~,. BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND .,~;†$¤@##
##@¤$†;~,. THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. .,~;†$¤@##
##@¤$†;~,. IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY .,~;†$¤@##
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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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##@¤$†;~,. SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL .,~;†$¤@##
@¤$††~~~,. OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, .,~~~††$¤@
¤†;;~,,... AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ...,,~;;†¤
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##@¤$†;~,. THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, .,~;†$¤@##
##@¤$†;~,. IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A .,~;†$¤@##
##@¤$†;~,. LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO .,~;†$¤@##
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##@¤$†;~,. - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE .,~;†$¤@##
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