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##£&*^*~^¨ Other   Day,  Springs  And  Streams  And ¨^~*^*&£##
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##£&*^*~^¨     Birdland-Ish Eternal Spring (Late    ¨^~*^*&£##
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##£&*^*~^¨ Sun Is  About To  Rise.  Its A Long Day, ¨^~*^*&£##
##£&*^*~^¨ Before It  Fades  To  Night  Again,  And ¨^~*^*&£##
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##£&*^*~^¨ It  Doesn'T  Rise  Unless  I'Ve  Had  My ¨^~*^*&£##
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###&*^*~^¨ In  This Cottage There'S A Lot  Of Radio ¨^~*^*&###
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££***^*~^¨ 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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##£&*^*~^¨ Dog  (Who  Is   Ridicolously  Large  And ¨^~*^*&£##
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££***^^¨¨¨ 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.      ¨^~*^*&£##
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&&^^~¨¨¨¨¨ "Save" Things. Whatever I  Put  In  Here ¨¨¨¨¨~^^&&
###£&^*~^¨ Will Not  Be  Affected  By  The  Nightly ¨^~*^&£###
###£*^*~^¨   Reset. Everything Else, However, Is    ¨^~*^*£###
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##£&*^*~^¨ 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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###£&^*~^¨ The  Cottage Tries To Communicate. Here, ¨^~*^&£###
#£**~¨¨¨¨¨ It'S  Not  Endless  But  Connected To  A ¨¨¨¨¨~**£#
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