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¨,«:*£§@##   WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY  ##@§£*:«,¨
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¨,«:*£§@## SUN IS ABOUT TO  RISE. ITS A  LONG  DAY, ##@§£*:«,¨
¨,«:*£§@@# BEFORE  IT  FADES  TO  NIGHT AGAIN,  AND #@@§£*:«,¨
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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 ##@§£*:«,¨
¨,«:*£§@## 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, §££:««¨¨¨¨
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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   §£££*:«¨¨¨
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¨,«:*£§@##  PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS   ##@§£*:«,¨
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¨,«:*£@### RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ###@£*:«,¨
¨,«:*£§@## ACCIDENTS   WHERE   I  LOSE   STUFF   BY ##@§£*:«,¨
¨,«:*£§§@@ FORGETTING  TO PUT THEM  IN  THE SQUARE. @@§§£*:«,¨
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¨,«:*£§@## 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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