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£*^=:,,,,, WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ,,,,,:=^*£
*^=:,,,,,, OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ,,,,,,:=^*
^=:,,,,,,, MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ,,,,,,,:=^
=:,,,,,,,, BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ,,,,,,,,:=
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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. ,,,:=^*£§£
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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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#£§£*^=:,, 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 ,,,,,,,,,:
,,,,,,,,,, METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ,,,,,,,,,,
:,,,,,,,,, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ,,,,,,,,,:
=:,,,,,,,, WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ,,,,,,,,:=
^=:,,,,,,, RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ,,,,,,,:=^
*^=:,,,,,, 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 ,,:=^*£§£#
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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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