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,-«:^$#¶## SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ##¶#$^:«-,
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,-«:^$#¶## THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ##¶#$^:«-,
,-«:^$#¶## IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ##¶#$^:«-,
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,-«:^$#¶¶¶ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¶¶¶#$^:«-,
,-«:^$#¶## PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ##¶#$^:«-,
,-«:^$#¶## MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ##¶#$^:«-,
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,-«:^$#¶## DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ##¶#$^:«-,
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,-«:^$¶### DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ###¶$^:«-,
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,-«:^$#¶## MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ##¶#$^:«-,
,,,,-««^## 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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,-«:^$#¶## PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ##¶#$^:«-,
,-«:^$#¶## HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ##¶#$^:«-,
,,,,---:$¶ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ¶$:---,,,,
,,,,-:^#¶¶ RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ¶¶#^:-,,,,
,,,,---:^# ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY #^:---,,,,
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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 ##^«--,,,,
,-«:^$#¶## LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ##¶#$^:«-,
,-«:^$#¶## FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ##¶#$^:«-,
,-«:^$#¶## - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ##¶#$^:«-,
,-«:^$#¶## ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ##¶#$^:«-,
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