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¨:~;§£@### other day, springs and streams and ###@£§;~:¨
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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. ###@£§;~:¨
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¨:~;§£@### players. pen and paper, books, cameras, ###@£§;~:¨
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¨¨¨¨~~§@## differet foods, all of them intriguing, ##@§~~¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨::::~§@ 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 @@£££§;~:¨
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¨:~;§£@### meter area on the floor where i can ###@£§;~:¨
¨:~;§£@@@# "save" things. whatever i put in here #@@@£§;~:¨
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¨¨¨¨::~~§@ fall asleep i'd always wake up fully @§~~::¨¨¨¨
¨:~;§£@### rested in my bed. sometimes there's ###@£§;~:¨
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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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¨:~;§£@### me, they never remember during the day. ###@£§;~:¨
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