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###&%§=-:¨ DREAMS. ¨:-=§%&###
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###&%§=-:¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨:=%##
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#%%%§=--:¨ MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ¨:--=§%%%#
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###&%§=-:¨ 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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&&%§§=--:¨ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ¨:--=§§%&&
&&&%=-:::¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨:::-=%&&&
&§=::¨¨¨¨¨ WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ¨¨¨¨¨::=§&
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&&§--¨¨¨¨¨ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ¨¨¨¨¨--§&&
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#%%=-::¨¨¨ 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. ¨:-=§%&###
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