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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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.,~^=£#### 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, ###£&=^~,.
.,~^=&£###              SLIGHTLY WEIRD.             ###£&=^~,.
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.,~^=&£### I HAVE  FRIENDS - THERE'S A  CAT, AND  A ###£&=^~,.
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.,~^=&£### WANTS TO BE  THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ###£&=^~,.
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.....~=££# 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 ###£&=^~,.
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...~~~=£££ "SAVE" THINGS.  WHATEVER I  PUT IN  HERE £££=~~~...
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.,~^=&£###    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 #&=^,,....
.,~^=&£### ACCIDENTS   WHERE   I   LOSE   STUFF  BY ###£&=^~,.
......~=£# FORGETTING TO  PUT  THEM IN  THE SQUARE. #£=~......
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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. £=~,......
.,,,^^==£# THIS  IS  A  MYSTERY  WE OFTEN  DISCUSS. #£==^^,,,.
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