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###¤£%†=:, 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 ,:=†%£¤###
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###¤£%†=:, mirrors, prisms, and various things to ,:=†%£¤###
###¤£%†=:, do art with. the fridge is filled with ,:=†%£¤###
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###¤£%†=:, i have friends - there's a cat, and a ,:=†%£¤###
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###¤£%†=:, 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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###¤£%†=:, most importantly, there's a two square ,:=†%£¤###
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###¤£%†=:, "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 ,:=†%£¤###
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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 ,:=†%£¤###
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###¤£%†=:, - things are deep and dark - but unlike ,:=†%£¤###
#£%†:,,,,, me, they never remember during the day. ,,,,,:†%£#
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