,~~^§§§&&# #&&§§§^~~,
,~~^$&#### ####&$^~~,
,~~^§$&### ###&$§^~~,
,,,~~~^^$& &$^^~~~,,,
,~~^§$&### ###&$§^~~,
,~~^§$&### $ 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 &§§§^~~,,,
,~~^§$$&&& - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE &&&$$§^~~,
,,,,~§$$$& ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. &$$$§~,,,,
,,,,~§$&## THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ##&$§~,,,,
,~~^§$&&&& &&&&$§^~~,
,~~^§$&### ###&$§^~~,
,~~^§$&&## ##&&$§^~~,
,~~^§$&### ###&$§^~~,
,,,~~~~^§& &§^~~~~,,,
,~~~^§§§&& &&§§§^~~~,