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,,,#,,,##,  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   ,#,#,#,#,#
#,,##,,#,# OTHER   DAY,  SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS  AND ,#########
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,#,,,#,,#, 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 ####,##,,#
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#,##,#,,#,   EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE   ,,##,###,#
,##,###,## PLAYERS.  PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ,,#,##,,##
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#,##,#,#,# DO  ART WITH. THE  FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ###,,#####
,##,###### DIFFERET FOODS,  ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, #,,#,#,,,,
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,,#,#,#,## WANTS TO BE THE  BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO #,,#####,,
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,,#,,,,,,# 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 ,,,,##,##,
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,,###,#,## RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ,###,##,#,
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,,,#,,,,#, IT'S NOT  ENDLESS  BUT  CONNECTED  TO  A ,,,#,#,,,,
,,,##,,,## LARGE  SPRAWLING  CITY,  WHERE  MY RADIO ,,,####,,,
,,,#,#,,#, FRIENDS LIVE. WE  GO EXPLORING  TOGETHER ,,,#,,,#,,
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