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##,,#,#,#,             % DREAM PALACE %             ,,,,#,#,#,
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#,,#,,,,,# NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE  IN THE ,##,,,####
,#,##,,,,#   WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY  ,#,#,,#,,,
,###,#,,,# OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS   AND  STREAMS  AND #####,##,,
,#,,###,,#   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   #,,,,##,#,
,##,#,,#,#     BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE    ,#,,,#,###
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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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,,,#,,,,,# IN  THIS COTTAGE THERE'S  A LOT OF RADIO ,,##,,,#,,
,,,##,,,,#   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, #,##,,##,,
,#,,,#,#,,              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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,#,,,,,,#, MOST IMPORTANTLY,  THERE'S A TWO  SQUARE #,#,,,,##,
,##,,,,,## METER  AREA  ON THE  FLOOR  WHERE I  CAN ,###,,,#,#
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,,#,,#,,#,    RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS   ,,###,###,
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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 ,#####,,##
###,,,,,,# FRIENDS  LIVE. WE GO  EXPLORING TOGETHER ,#,,,,#,#,
#,,#,,,,,# - THINGS ARE  DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ,##,,,####
,#,##,,,,# ME, THEY NEVER  REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ,#,#,,#,,,
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