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#,##,####, 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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,#,,##,,#, DOG  (WHO  IS  RIDICOLOUSLY   LARGE  AND ,,#,######
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,######,,# 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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#,,,#,,#,, HEALED,  AND WHEREVER  AND  WHENEVER I'D ,,,,#,##,#
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#,#,##,#,# RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ,,#,,##,##
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##,,,,,,,# THE COTTAGE TRIES TO  COMMUNICATE. HERE, ##,,##,##,
,#,,,,,,## IT'S  NOT  ENDLESS  BUT  CONNECTED  TO A ,#,#,##,##
##,,,,,#,# LARGE  SPRAWLING  CITY,  WHERE  MY RADIO #####,##,#
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##,,,#,,#, - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT  UNLIKE ,,,#,##,#,
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