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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))                 #@£$%/~,,,
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,,,,,~/%$£                     ~                    £$%/~,,,,,
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,,,,,,,~/% I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX  AM. IT'S %/~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~/ DARK, AND THE  STARS  ARE OUT,  BUT  THE /~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ SUN IS  ABOUT TO RISE. ITS  A LONG  DAY, ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, BEFORE  IT FADES  TO  NIGHT  AGAIN,  AND ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL  I  FALL  ASLEEP. ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, IT  DOESN'T  RISE  UNLESS  I'VE  HAD  MY ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                  DREAMS.                 ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,~ IN  THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT  OF RADIO ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~/   EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE   /~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~/% PLAYERS. PEN AND  PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, %/~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~/%$ 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 $%/~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~/% WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON).  I LISTEN TO %/~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~/ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT  A BIT /~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ MYSELF,  SONGS  AND  POETRY,  AND  FOUND ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE  OTHERS TELL ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR  ME, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, AND  TELL  TALES  OF  THE  OLD WORLD.  I ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,      CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL.      ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,~ MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S  A TWO  SQUARE ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~/ METER  AREA ON  THE  FLOOR WHERE  I  CAN /~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~/% "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER  I  PUT IN  HERE %/~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~/%$ 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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,,,,,,,,,, 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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