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##@#$†^~,. MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, .,~^†$#@##
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##@#$†^~,. I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S .,~^†$#@##
###@#$^~,. DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE .,~^$#@###
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##@#$†^~,. BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND .,~^†$#@##
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##@#$†^~,. IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY .,~^†$#@##
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@@$†~,.... IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ....,~†$@@
##@#$†^~,. EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE .,~^†$#@##
##@#$†^~,. PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, .,~^†$#@##
##@#$†^~,. MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO .,~^†$#@##
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##@#$†^~,. DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, .,~^†$#@##
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@@@#$†^~,. DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND .,~^†$#@@@
##@#$†^~,. WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO .,~^†$#@##
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##@#$†^~,. MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND .,~^†$#@##
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#@@#$†^~,. OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, .,~^†$#@@#
##@#$†^~,. AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I .,~^†$#@##
##@#$†^~,. CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. .,~^†$#@##
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#@@#$†^~,. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE .,~^†$#@@#
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##@#$†^~,. HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D .,~^†$#@##
###@#†^~,. FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY .,~^†#@###
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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 .....,^††#
##@#$†^~,. - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE .,~^†$#@##
##@#$†^~,. ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. .,~^†$#@##
##@#$†^~,. THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. .,~^†$#@##
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