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,,,,,,,,,,             £ DREAM PALACE £             ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,«/%£@#                                          #@£%/«,,,,
,,,«/%£@## 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))                 £%/«,,,,,,
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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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,,,,«/%£@#                    %                     #@£%/«,,,,
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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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,,,,,,,,,, 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.      ###@£%/«,,
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,,,,«/%£@#                     #                    #@£%/«,,,,
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,,,,,,«/%£ 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. @£%/«,,,,,
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,,,«/%£@##                     ,                    ##@£%/«,,,
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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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