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$;~^...... i wake up every morning at six am. it's ......^~;$
§$;~^..... dark, and the stars are out, but the .....^~;$§
£§$;~^.... sun is about to rise. its a long day, ....^~;$§£
#£§$;~^... before it fades to night again, and ...^~;$§£#
##£§$;~^.. then it stays so until i fall asleep. ..^~;$§£##
###£§$;~^. it doesn't rise unless i've had my .^~;$§£###
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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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#£§$;~^... dog (who is ridicolously large and ...^~;$§£#
£§$;~^.... wants to be the big spoon). i listen to ....^~;$§£
§$;~^..... the shortwave radio, and transmit a bit .....^~;$§
$;~^...... myself, songs and poetry, and found ......^~;$
;~^....... 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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##£§$;~^.. "save" things. whatever i put in here ..^~;$§£##
#£§$;~^... will not be affected by the nightly ...^~;$§£#
£§$;~^.... reset. everything else, however, is ....^~;$§£
§$;~^..... completely reset overnight: synth .....^~;$§
$;~^...... patches removed, food uneaten, wounds ......^~;$
;~^....... 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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#£§$;~^... the cottage tries to communicate. here, ...^~;$§£#
£§$;~^.... it's not endless but connected to a ....^~;$§£
§$;~^..... large sprawling city, where my radio .....^~;$§
$;~^...... friends live. we go exploring together ......^~;$
;~^....... - 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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