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...#..#... WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ###..#....
....#..#.. OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND #.##..#...
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###..#.... 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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#.##....#. EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ##...#....
..###..... PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, .##...#...
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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 ..#.##....
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....###... RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS .....#.##.
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#.....###. 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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.#.......# THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, #.......#.
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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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