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#$;;~~~¨¨¨ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¨¨¨~~~;;$#
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###@$%;«~¨ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¨~«;%$@###
###@$%;«~¨ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¨~«;%$@###
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#@$;;;~¨¨¨ DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ¨¨¨~;;;$@#
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###@$%;«~¨ WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ¨~«;%$@###
###@$%;«~¨ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ¨~«;%$@###
#@%«¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨~«;;;;%@#
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###@$%;«~¨ MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ¨~«;%$@###
###@$%;«~¨ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ¨~«;%$@###
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###@$%;«~¨ WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ¨~«;%$@###
#@@$$%;«~¨ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ¨~«;%$$@@#
###@$%;«~¨ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ¨~«;%$@###
###@$%;«~¨ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ¨~«;%$@###
###@$%;«~¨ HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ¨~«;%$@###
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###@$%;«~¨ RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ¨~«;%$@###
##$;~¨¨¨¨¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨¨¨¨¨~;$##
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###@$%;«~¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨~«;%$@###
###@$%;«~¨ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ¨~«;%$@###
###@$%;«~¨ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ¨~«;%$@###
#@$%;~¨¨¨¨ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¨¨¨¨~;%$@#
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#$%««¨¨¨¨¨ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨¨¨¨¨««%$#
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