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@£%§†=.,,, WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ,,,.=†§%£@
£%§†=.,,,, OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ,,,,.=†§%£
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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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£%§†=.,,,, 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, ,,.=†§%£@#
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§†=.,,,,,, 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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§†=.,,,,,, 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 ,,,,.=†§%£
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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. ,,,,,.=†§%
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