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#,,#,#,,#, OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND   STREAMS  AND ,,#,#,,,,,
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,,#,###,,, SUN  IS ABOUT TO  RISE. ITS A  LONG DAY, #,#,#,###,
,,###,,#,, BEFORE  IT FADES  TO  NIGHT  AGAIN,  AND ,######,,#
#,#,,#,##, THEN IT  STAYS SO  UNTIL I FALL  ASLEEP. ##,,,,,#,#
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####,,,,,, MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS  THINGS  TO #,,,,###,#
,,,,#,,,,, DO ART WITH. THE  FRIDGE IS  FILLED WITH ,#,,,#,,##
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#,,###,### MYSELF,  SONGS  AND  POETRY,  AND  FOUND ##,,,,#,,#
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,,,,,##### AND  TELL TALES  OF  THE  OLD  WORLD.  I ,#,,#,###,
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#,,###,#,# LARGE  SPRAWLING CITY,  WHERE  MY  RADIO #,,,,,,,,,
##,#,,#### FRIENDS LIVE.  WE GO  EXPLORING TOGETHER ##,,,,,,,,
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