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¨^=^$&#@## OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ##@#&$^=^¨
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¨^=^$&§#@# SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, #@#§&$^=^¨
¨¨¨¨^^$&#@ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND @#&$^^¨¨¨¨
¨^=^$$$$§§ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. §§$$$$^=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^^$&§ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY §&$^^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^^^^=^&§# DREAMS. #§&^=^^^^¨
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¨^=^$&§#@# EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE #@#§&$^=^¨
¨^=^$&§#@# PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, #@#§&$^=^¨
¨^=^&§#@## MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ##@#§&^=^¨
¨^=^$&§§#@ DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH @#§§&$^=^¨
¨^=^&§#@## DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ##@#§&^=^¨
¨¨¨^^^^&§# SLIGHTLY WEIRD. #§&^^^^¨¨¨
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¨^=^$&§#@# DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND #@#§&$^=^¨
¨¨¨¨^=^&&# WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO #&&^=^¨¨¨¨
¨^=^$&§#@# THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT #@#§&$^=^¨
¨^=^$&§#@# MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND #@#§&$^=^¨
¨^=^$&§##@ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL @##§&$^=^¨
¨^=^$&§#@# OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, #@#§&$^=^¨
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¨^=^$&§§§§ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN §§§§&$^=^¨
¨^=^$&§#@# "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE #@#§&$^=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^^$§ WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY §$^^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^=^$&§#@# RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS #@#§&$^=^¨
¨^=^$§#@## COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ##@#§$^=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^^&§@ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS @§&^^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^=^$&§#@# HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D #@#§&$^=^¨
¨^=^$&§§#@ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY @#§§&$^=^¨
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¨^=^$&§#@@ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY @@#§&$^=^¨
¨¨¨=^^^&§# FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. #§&^^^=¨¨¨
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¨^=^$&§#@# WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND #@#§&$^=^¨
¨¨¨¨^=^^&§ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, §&^^=^¨¨¨¨
¨^=^$&§#@# IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A #@#§&$^=^¨
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¨^=^$&§§§@ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER @§§§&$^=^¨
¨^^^^^&&§# - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE #§&&^^^^^¨
¨^=^&§#@## ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ##@#§&^=^¨
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