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,,,##,,#,, OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND #,,#,,##,,
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,,,,#,,,,# THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. #####,,###
,##,,,##,, IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ,###,,,,#,
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#,,###,,## EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE #,,,,,,,,,
,,,,#,,,,# PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ,,#######,
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,##,,,,### WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ##,,##,,#,
,,,,##,,## THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT #,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH #,,,,##,,,
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########,, 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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,,,,,##### 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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