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##¶&%^;»:, NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ,:»;^%&¶##
###¶&%^;», 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 ,:»;^%&¶##
&^»»:,,,,, 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, ,:»;^%&¶##
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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 ,:;^%&¶###
#¶¶&%^;»:, THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ,:»;^%&¶¶#
##¶&%^;»:, 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 ,:»;^%&¶##
##¶&%^;»:, WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ,:»;^%&¶##
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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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