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#,,,,##,#, OTHER  DAY,   SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS  AND #,#####,##
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####,,#,## 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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,,,##,###, 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 ,#,#,#,#,,
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,###,#,,,# 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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##,,,,,#,# RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ,,,#,##,##
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#,,,,,#,,# ME, THEY  NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. #,,#,#,##,
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