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££,,£,,,,£ other  day,  springs   and  streams  and ,£,££,,,,£
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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 ,£,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,£££ meter area  on  the  floor  where  i can ,£,££,,£,,
,,,,,,,£,£ "save"  things. whatever  i put in  here ,,,£££,,£,
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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 ££,,,£,££,
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£,,£,,,,£, me, they  never remember during the day. ,£££,,,£,£
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