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#..#.#.#.# WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY #.#.##.##.
#.##.#.#.# OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND #.#..#..#.
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#..#.#.#.# I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S #.#.##.##.
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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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#.##.#.#.# 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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#.##.#.#.# 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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#.##.#.#.# METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN #.#..#..#.
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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. #.#.##.##.
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