,,,,,,:$$§ §$$:,,,,,,
,,=:=$§@## ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@@# #@@§$=:=,,
,,,,,,==$§ §$==,,,,,,
,,,,=::=$§ §$=::=,,,,
,,=:=$$§§@ $ DREAM PALACE $ @§§$$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## , ----- ------ , ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@@@ $ ..... ...... $ @@@§$=:=,,
,,=:$§@### : ..... ...... : ###@§$:=,,
,,=:=$§@## , ..... ...... , ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## , ..... ...... , ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## , ..... ...... , ##@§$=:=,,
,,,,,,,:$§ §$:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,===§ §===,,,,,,
,,=:=$§@## NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ##@§$=:=,,
,,,,,=:$$§ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY §$$:=,,,,,
,,,=:===§@ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND @§===:=,,,
,,,,,,,:$§ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, §$:,,,,,,,
,,=:=$§@## BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## SPRING)) ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$$$§# #§$$$=:=,,
,,=:===§§@ = @§§===:=,,
,,=:=$§§@# #@§§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ##@§$=:=,,
,,==$§@### SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ###@§$==,,
,,,====$@# BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND #@$====,,,
,,=:=$§@## THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## DREAMS. ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:==$§§@ @§§$==:=,,
,,=:=$§@## = ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§§§# #§§§$=:=,,
,,=:::$§§# IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO #§§$:::=,,
,,,,=::$@@ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE @@$::=,,,,
,,,,,,=:$§ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, §$:=,,,,,,
,,=:=$§@## MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ##@§$=:=,,
,,,,,,=:$§ SLIGHTLY WEIRD. §$:=,,,,,,
,,:=$§@### ###@§$=:,,
,,,,,===$@ § @$===,,,,,
,,,,,:==$§ §$==:,,,,,
,,=:=$§@## I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$@### DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ###@$=:=,,
,,,,,,==§# 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, ###@§=:=,,
,,,,,==$§@ AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I @§$==,,,,,
,,=:=$§@## CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ##@§$=:=,,
,,,,,==:$@ @$:==,,,,,
,,=:=$§@## @ ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ##@§$=:=,,
,,,,=:$§@# METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN #@§$:=,,,,
,,=:===$§@ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE @§$===:=,,
,,,,,,=:$@ WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY @$:=,,,,,,
,,=:=$§@## RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ##@§$=:=,,
,,,,,,,==§ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS §==,,,,,,,
,,====:=§@ HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D @§=:====,,
,,=:=$§@## FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ##@§$=:=,,
,,,,,===§@ RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S @§===,,,,,
,,=:=$§@## ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ##@§$=:=,,
,,,,,,,==§ §==,,,,,,,
,,,,,=:=§@ , @§=:=,,,,,
,,=:=$$§§# #§§$$=:=,,
,,=:=$§### AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ###§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§### IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ###§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ##@§$=:=,,
,,,=:==$$@ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE @$$==:=,,,
,=:=$§@### ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ###@§$=:=,
,,=:=$§@## THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$@### ###@$=:=,,
,,=:=$§§§# #§§§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§@## ##@§$=:=,,
,,=:=$§§@@ @@§§$=:=,,
,,=:=$$$§@ @§$$$=:=,,