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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    ,,#,#,,#,#
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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, ,,#####,#,
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#,,,#,,##, 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 #,,##,#,##
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#,#####,,#   RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS    ,,,#,,####
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,#,,,###,,  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 #,,##,,#,#
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##,#,,,#,# AT  NIGHT,  I   HAVE  DEMI-LUCID  DREAMS ,,,#,##,#,
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#,,#,#,,,, 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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