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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)) @£†~,,,,,,
,,~†*£§@@# #@@§£*†~,,
,,,,,~†*§@ ~ @§*†~,,,,,
,,~†*£§@## ##@§£*†~,,
,,~†*£§@@@ 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. @§§***†~,,
,,,,†*£££§ §£££*†,,,,
,,,,~††£§§ , §§£††~,,,,
,,~†*£§@@# #@@§£*†~,,
,,~†*£§@@# 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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,,~†*£§@@# #@@§£*†~,,
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