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@@@§$^*»-, WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ,-»*^$§@@@
##@§$^*»-, OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ,-»*^$§@##
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#@@§$^*»-, SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ,-»*^$§@@#
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§$^*»-,,,, THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ,,,,-»*^$§
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§$*»»-,,,, MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ,,,,-»»*$§
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#@@§$^*»-, WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ,-»*^$§@@#
#@@§$^*»-, THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ,-»*^$§@@#
@@$*»-,,,, MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ,,,,-»*$@@
##@§$^*»-, SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ,-»*^$§@##
#@@§$^*»-, OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ,-»*^$§@@#
§^*-,,,,,, AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ,,,,,,-*^§
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#@@§$^*»-, FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ,-»*^$§@@#
@@@§$^*»-, RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ,-»*^$§@@@
@@$^^**»-, ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ,-»**^^$@@
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#@@§$^*»-, WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ,-»*^$§@@#
@@§$^**»-, THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ,-»**^$§@@
#@@§$^*»-, IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ,-»*^$§@@#
@@§§$^*»-, LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ,-»*^$§§@@
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