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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, ,###,#,###
,,##,##### 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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#,#,,,##,, 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, ###,#,,,,,
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,#,#,###,, 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 ,,,,#,,##,
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#,,,#,,#,# RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S #,,,####,,
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####,,,,## 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. #,,,######
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