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&%^~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨^~^^%&@##
##@#%^^~^¨ Dreams. ¨^~^^%#@##
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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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#@#&%^^~^¨ 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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#@#&%^^~^¨ "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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#&^^~~^^¨¨ 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. ¨^~^^%&&&@
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