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.......... WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ..........
.......... OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ..........
.......... MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ..........
.......... BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ..........
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;-^....... SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, .......^-;
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§£%;-^.... EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ....^-;%£§
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;-^....... DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH .......^-;
-^........ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ........^-
^......... SLIGHTLY WEIRD. .........^
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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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-^........ 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 ..........
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-^........ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ........^-
;-^....... ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. .......^-;
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