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####§^*=-, WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ,-=*^§####
##§§%^*=-, OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ,-=*^%§§##
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###§%^*=-, DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ,-=*^%§###
§§^^^^*=-, SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ,-=*^^^^§§
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###§%^*=-, THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ,-=*^%§###
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###§%^*=-, DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ,-=*^%§###
###§%^*=-, DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ,-=*^%§###
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#§%**=,,,, SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ,,,,=**%§#
#§^***--,, OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ,,--***^§#
#%*--,,,,, AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ,,,,,--*%#
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§%*--,,,,, RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ,,,,,--*%§
###§%^*=-, ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ,-=*^%§###
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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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