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#,,#,,,### NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE.  A COTTAGE IN THE ,#,##,,,##
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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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,,#,,,#,,, DO  ART WITH. THE  FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ,##,,#,##,
,,,#,,,#,, DIFFERET FOODS, ALL  OF THEM INTRIGUING, ,###,,,###
#,,,#,,,#,              SLIGHTLY WEIRD.             ,#,##,,#,#
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,,,###,,,# DOG  (WHO  IS  RIDICOLOUSLY   LARGE  AND ,,,#,,,###
#,,#,##,,, WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN  TO ,,,,#,,#,#
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,##,,#,##, 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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#,##,,,#,, RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ,#,,,###,,
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,,,###,,#, THE COTTAGE TRIES TO  COMMUNICATE. HERE, #,,,###,,#
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,#,,,###,, LARGE SPRAWLING  CITY,  WHERE  MY  RADIO ,##,,,###,
,,#,,#,##, FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO  EXPLORING  TOGETHER ,###,,#,##
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