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§==~,,,,,, ¤ DREAM PALACE ¤ ,,,,,,~==§
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¤§==~,,,,, 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)) ,,,,,,,,,,
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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 ,,,,,,,~==
§==~,,,,,, DREAMS. ,,,,,,~==§
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##¤¤§==~,, 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. ,,,,,,~==§
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,,,,,,,,,, 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. ,,,,,,,,~=
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¤¤§==~,,,, 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. ,,,,,,,,,~
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,,,,,,,,,, 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. ,,,,,~==§¤
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