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###,,,###, OTHER  DAY,   SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS  AND #,##,,#,,,
#,##,,#,##   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   ,,###,,#,,
,,###,,,##    BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE     ,,#,##,,#,
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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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,,,,,,,,## IN  THIS COTTAGE  THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ,###,,#,##
#,,,,,,,#,   EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE   ,#,##,,,##
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###,,,,,,, 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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###,,,,#,, 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 ##,,#,,,##
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