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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, ,,-:=§§###
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###§§=:-,, I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ,,-:=§§###
§=--,,,,,, DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ,,,,,,--=§
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§§:::,,,,, 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 ,,-:=§§###
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§§§§==:-,, PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ,,-:==§§§§
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##§§§=:-,, DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ,,-:=§§§##
§§=::::-,, DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ,,-::::=§§
#§§=:,,,,, SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ,,,,,:=§§#
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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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###§§=:-,, METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ,,-:=§§###
#§:::::-,, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ,,-:::::§#
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###§§=:-,, 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. ,,-:====§§
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