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#@§†~^¨¨¨¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨¨¨¨^~†§@#
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§†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨^~†§@#@#
##@#@§†~^¨ DREAMS. ¨^~†§@#@##
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§†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#@#@§†~^¨¨ 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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§†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†§
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#@§†~^¨¨¨¨ 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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†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†
§†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†§
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#@§†~^¨¨¨¨ 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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