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¨-=*$%&### WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ###&%$*=-¨
¨-=*$%&### OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ###&%$*=-¨
¨-=*$%&### MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ###&%$*=-¨
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¨-=*$%&### SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ###&%$*=-¨
¨-=*$%&### BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ###&%$*=-¨
¨-=*$%&### THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ###&%$*=-¨
¨-=*$%&&## IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ##&&%$*=-¨
¨-=*$%&### DREAMS. ###&%$*=-¨
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¨-=*$%&### IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ###&%$*=-¨
¨-=*$%&### EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ###&%$*=-¨
¨-=*$%&### PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ###&%$*=-¨
¨¨¨¨¨=*$%# MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO #%$*=¨¨¨¨¨
¨-=*$%&### DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ###&%$*=-¨
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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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¨-=*$%&### METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ###&%$*=-¨
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¨-=*$%%&## WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ##&%%$*=-¨
¨-=*$%&### RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ###&%$*=-¨
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¨-=*$%&### PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ###&%$*=-¨
¨-=*$%&### HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ###&%$*=-¨
¨-=*$%#### FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ####%$*=-¨
¨-=*$%&### RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ###&%$*=-¨
¨¨¨¨-**%## ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ##%**-¨¨¨¨
¨-=*$%&### FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ###&%$*=-¨
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¨-=*$%&### AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ###&%$*=-¨
¨---*$$%&# WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND #&%$$*---¨
¨¨¨¨¨-*%%# THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, #%%*-¨¨¨¨¨
¨-=*$%&### IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ###&%$*=-¨
¨-=*$$$$&& LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO &&$$$$*=-¨
¨-=*$%%%&& FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER &&%%%$*=-¨
¨-=*$%&### - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ###&%$*=-¨
¨-=*$%&### ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ###&%$*=-¨
¨-=***$%&# THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. #&%$***=-¨
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