,,~\$¤@¶@# #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,,,,,~$¤¶ ¶¤$~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~$@ @$~,,,,,,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,,,,~\\¤¶ ¤ DREAM PALACE ¤ ¶¤\\~,,,,,
,,~\$¤@¶@@ , ----- ------ , @@¶@¤$\~,,
,,,,~~\$@@ ¤ ..... ...... ¤ @@$\~~,,,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# \ ..... ...... \ #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# , ..... ...... , #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# , ..... ...... , #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶¶@ , ..... ...... , @¶¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~~~\\¤@@ @@¤\\~~~,,
,,,,,~\\¤@ 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 ¶@@¤\,,,,,
,,,,~~$$@@ SPRING)) @@$$~~,,,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶## ~ ##¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶¶¶ ¶¶¶@¤$\~,,
,,,,,\\¤@¶ I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ¶@¤\\,,,,,
,,~\$¤@@@@ DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE @@@@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶## 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 #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤¤@@¶ DREAMS. ¶@@¤¤$\~,,
,,,,,~$$$@ @$$$~,,,,,
,,,,~$¤@@@ $ @@@¤$~,,,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# 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. @¶¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶## ##¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶¶¶ @ ¶¶¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@@¶¶ ¶¶@@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@@@@ 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 ¶@$~,,,,,,
,,,~\\\¤¤@ CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. @¤¤\\\~,,,
,,~\$¤@@@@ @@@@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# ¶ #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# 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 @@$$~,,,,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~~\$¤@@@ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY @@@¤$\~~,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤¶@## ##@¶¤$\~,,
,,,,,~\¤¶¶ , ¶¶¤\~,,,,,
,,,,~\¤@@@ @@@¤\~,,,,
,,,~\$¤¤@@ AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS @@¤¤$\~,,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,,,,,\¤¤@ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, @¤¤\,,,,,,
,,\$¤@¶@## IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ##@¶@¤$\,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶@@ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. @@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶@@ THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. @@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$@¶@## ##@¶@$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶@@ @@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~\$¤@¶@# #@¶@¤$\~,,
,,,,,,~$@@ @@$~,,,,,,
,,~\$¤@¶@@ @@¶@¤$\~,,
,,~~\$$@¶@ @¶@$$\~~,,