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,,~\$£§¶##             £ DREAM PALACE £             ##¶§£$\~,,
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,,~\$£§¶¶¶             £ ..... ...... £             ¶¶¶§£$\~,,
,,~\$£§¶##             \ ..... ...... \             ##¶§£$\~,,
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,,~\$£§¶## NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN  THE ##¶§£$\~,,
,,~\$£§¶##  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   ##¶§£$\~,,
,,~\$£§¶## OTHER  DAY,   SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS  AND ##¶§£$\~,,
,,~\$£§¶##   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   ##¶§£$\~,,
,,~\$£§###    BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE     ###§£$\~,,
,,,,\$$$£§                 SPRING))                 §£$$$\,,,,
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,,,,~\$§§#                     ~                    #§§$\~,,,,
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,,~\$£§¶## I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING  AT SIX AM. IT'S ##¶§£$\~,,
,,,,,,,\$§ 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 §§$\~,,,,,
,,~\$£§¶##                  DREAMS.                 ##¶§£$\~,,
,,,,,~\£§#                                          #§£\~,,,,,
,,,,,~\$§§                    $                     §§$\~,,,,,
,,~\$£§###                                          ###§£$\~,,
,,~\$£§¶## 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.      §$$~,,,,,,
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,,,,~\\£¶¶ MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A  TWO  SQUARE ¶¶£\\~,,,,
,,~\$£§¶## METER AREA  ON  THE  FLOOR  WHERE  I CAN ##¶§£$\~,,
,,~\$£§¶## "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER  I  PUT IN  HERE ##¶§£$\~,,
,,~\$£§¶## WILL  NOT  BE  AFFECTED BY  THE  NIGHTLY ##¶§£$\~,,
,,,,,,~$$§   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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,,~\$£§¶##                     ,                    ##¶§£$\~,,
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,,~\$£§¶## AT  NIGHT,  I   HAVE  DEMI-LUCID  DREAMS ##¶§£$\~,,
,,,,,,,~$§ WHERE  THE SPIRITS  OF THE FOREST AROUND §$~,,,,,,,
,,~\$£§¶¶¶ 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. §§$~,,,,,,
,,~\$£§¶## THIS  IS  A MYSTERY  WE  OFTEN  DISCUSS. ##¶§£$\~,,
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