,,,,~*%@§# #§@%*~,,,,
,,,,,~*%@§ §@%*~,,,,,
,,,,~*%@§# #§@%*~,,,,
,,,~*%@§## ##§@%*~,,,
,,~*%@§### ###§@%*~,,
,,,~*%@§## @ 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. #§@%*~,,,,
,,,,,~*%@§ §@%*~,,,,,
,,,,~*%@§# #§@%*~,,,,
,,,~*%@§## ##§@%*~,,,
,,~*%@§### ###§@%*~,,
,,,~*%@§## ##§@%*~,,,
,,,,~*%@§# #§@%*~,,,,