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##,#,,,,,# 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 ,,#,,,###,
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,,#,#,,### IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S  A LOT OF  RADIO #,##,,,#,#
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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, ,,######,#
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##,#,,#,,, WANTS  TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ##,,,,,,,#
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#,#,,##,#, MYSELF,  SONGS  AND  POETRY,  AND  FOUND ,,##,,,,,#
,###,#,### SOUNDS  FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL #,#,#,,,,#
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,,#,#,,,#, 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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##,##,,,#, THE COTTAGE  TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ,,,,####,,
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###,###,#, LARGE  SPRAWLING CITY,  WHERE  MY  RADIO #,,,##,,##
,,,##,,### FRIENDS LIVE.  WE GO  EXPLORING TOGETHER ##,,#,#,#,
,,,#,#,#,, - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK -  BUT UNLIKE #,#,######
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