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###&§$:~.¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨.~:$§&###
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&$~~.¨¨¨¨¨ DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ¨¨¨¨¨.~~$&
###&§$:~.¨ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¨.~:$§&###
###&§$:~.¨ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ¨.~:$§&###
###&§$:~.¨ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ¨.~:$§&###
####&§$~.¨ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¨.~$§&####
&§:.¨¨¨¨¨¨ DREAMS. ¨¨¨¨¨¨.:§&
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###&§$:~.¨ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¨.~:$§&###
####&§:~.¨ 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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###&§$:~.¨ WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ¨.~:$§&###
#§§$~..¨¨¨ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ¨¨¨..~$§§#
###&§$:~.¨ MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ¨.~:$§&###
&$~..¨¨¨¨¨ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ¨¨¨¨¨..~$&
###&§$:~.¨ OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ¨.~:$§&###
####§$:~.¨ AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ¨.~:$§####
###&§$:~.¨ CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ¨.~:$§&###
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#§::..¨¨¨¨ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ¨¨¨¨..::§#
###&§$:~.¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨.~:$§&###
#&§::~¨¨¨¨ WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ¨¨¨¨~::§&#
###&§$:~.¨ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ¨.~:$§&###
###&§$:~.¨ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ¨.~:$§&###
###&§$:~.¨ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ¨.~:$§&###
#&§§§$:~.¨ HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ¨.~:$§§§&#
###&§$:~.¨ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ¨.~:$§&###
&&$~~¨¨¨¨¨ RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ¨¨¨¨¨~~$&&
###&§$:~.¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨.~:$§&###
&§$~..¨¨¨¨ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ¨¨¨¨..~$§&
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&$$~.¨¨¨¨¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨¨¨¨¨.~$$&
#&§$:..¨¨¨ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ¨¨¨..:$§&#
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&§§:.¨¨¨¨¨ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¨¨¨¨¨.:§§&
#§::~¨¨¨¨¨ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ¨¨¨¨¨~::§#
###&§$:~.¨ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨.~:$§&###
###&§$:~.¨ THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ¨.~:$§&###
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