,~~\$§&### ###&§$\~~,
,,,~~$§&&# #&&§$~~,,,
,,,,,~~\§# #§\~~,,,,,
,~~\$$§&&& &&&§$$\~~,
,,,~~~\§## ##§\~~~,,,
,,,,~\§§§# § DREAM PALACE § #§§§\~,,,,
,~~\$§&### ~ ----- ------ ~ ###&§$\~~,
,~~\$§&### § ..... ...... § ###&§$\~~,
,,~~\$§§§& \ ..... ...... \ &§§§$\~~,,
,~~\$§&### ~ ..... ...... ~ ###&§$\~~,
,,,,~~\§§& ~ ..... ...... ~ &§§\~~,,,,
,~~\$§&### , ..... ...... , ###&§$\~~,
,~~\$§&### ###&§$\~~,
,~~\$§&### ###&§$\~~,
,,,,,~~$&& NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE &&$~~,,,,,
,,,,~~\$&# WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY #&$\~~,,,,
,~~\$§&### OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ###&§$\~~,
,~~\$§&### MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ###&§$\~~,
,~~\$§&### BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ###&§$\~~,
,,,~~\§&&# SPRING)) #&&§\~~,,,
,~~\$§&### ###&§$\~~,
,~~\$§&### ~ ###&§$\~~,
,~~\$§&### ###&§$\~~,
,~~\$§&### I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ###&§$\~~,
,~~\$§&### DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ###&§$\~~,
,~~\$§&### SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ###&§$\~~,
,,,,,~$§&# BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND #&§$~,,,,,
,~~\$§&### THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ###&§$\~~,
,~~~~\$§## IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ##§$\~~~~,
,~~\$§§§## DREAMS. ##§§§$\~~,
,,,,,~~\§# #§\~~,,,,,
,~~\$§&### $ ###&§$\~~,
,~~\$§&### ###&§$\~~,
,~~\$§&### IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ###&§$\~~,
,~~\$§&### EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ###&§$\~~,
,~~\$§&### PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ###&§$\~~,
,~~\$§&&&& MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO &&&&§$\~~,
,,,~~$$§&# 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. &§§\\~,,,,
,,,,~~~$§& &§$~~~,,,,
,~~\$§&### ###&§$\~~,
,,,,~~~$&# #&$~~~,,,,
,~~\$§&### ###&§$\~~,
,~~\$§&### ###&§$\~~,
,,,,~~\\$& &$\\~~,,,,