,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, :,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,: -:,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,:- /-:,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,:-/ %/-:,,,,,, & DREAM PALACE & ,,,,,,:-/% &%/-:,,,,, : ----- ------ : ,,,,,:-/%& @&%/-:,,,, & ..... ...... & ,,,,:-/%&@ £@&%/-:,,, / ..... ...... / ,,,:-/%&@£ #£@&%/-:,, : ..... ...... : ,,:-/%&@£# ##£@&%/-:, : ..... ...... : ,:-/%&@£## #£@&%/-:,, , ..... ...... , ,,:-/%&@£# £@&%/-:,,, ,,,:-/%&@£ @&%/-:,,,, ,,,,:-/%&@ &%/-:,,,,, NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ,,,,,:-/%& %/-:,,,,,, WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ,,,,,,:-/% /-:,,,,,,, OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ,,,,,,,:-/ -:,,,,,,,, MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ,,,,,,,,:- :,,,,,,,,, BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ,,,,,,,,,: ,,,,,,,,,, SPRING)) ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, - ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,:-/ %/-:,,,,,, DREAMS. ,,,,,,:-/% &%/-:,,,,, ,,,,,:-/%& @&%/-:,,,, % ,,,,:-/%&@ £@&%/-:,,, ,,,:-/%&@£ #£@&%/-:,, 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. ,,,,,,:-/% /-:,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,:-/ -:,,,,,,,, @ ,,,,,,,,:- :,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,: ,,,,,,,,,, I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,,,: -:,,,,,,,, CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ,,,,,,,,:- /-:,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,:-/ %/-:,,,,,, £ ,,,,,,:-/% &%/-:,,,,, ,,,,,:-/%& @&%/-:,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,:-/ -:,,,,,,,, ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ,,,,,,,,:- :,,,,,,,,, FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ,,,,,,,,,: ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, , ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, 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. ,,,,,:-/%& @&%/-:,,,, ,,,,:-/%&@ £@&%/-:,,, ,,,:-/%&@£ #£@&%/-:,, ,,:-/%&@£# ##£@&%/-:, ,:-/%&@£## #£@&%/-:,, ,,:-/%&@£# £@&%/-:,,, ,,,:-/%&@£