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###¤¤=^--¨ ¤ dream palace ¤ ¨--^=¤¤###
#@#¤¤=^--¨ - ----- ------ - ¨--^=¤¤#@#
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#@#¤¤=^--¨ ^ ..... ...... ^ ¨--^=¤¤#@#
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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)) ¨¨¨-^===¤¤
#@#¤¤=^--¨ ¨--^=¤¤#@#
##@¤¤=^--¨ - ¨--^=¤¤@##
#@#¤¤=^--¨ ¨--^=¤¤#@#
#@#¤¤=^--¨ 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. ¨--^=¤¤#@#
¤¤¤=^--¨¨¨ ¨¨¨--^=¤¤¤
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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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