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###,,#,##, 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     ,,###,,#,#
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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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,###,,#,## 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.             #,,,,###,,
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,##,,,###, 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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,,,,###,,, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S  A TWO  SQUARE #,##,,#,,,
,,,,#,##,, METER  AREA  ON  THE  FLOOR WHERE  I CAN ,,###,,#,,
,,,,,,###, "SAVE"  THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT  IN  HERE ,,#,##,,#,
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#,,,,,,,##   RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS    ##,,#,##,,
,#,,,,,,#,     COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH    ,##,,,###,
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#,##,,#,,, ACCIDENTS   WHERE   I   LOSE   STUFF  BY ##,,,###,,
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,##,,,###, AT  NIGHT,  I  HAVE   DEMI-LUCID  DREAMS #,,,###,,#
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,,,###,,#, IT'S  NOT  ENDLESS BUT  CONNECTED  TO  A ,###,,#,##
#,,#,##,,, LARGE  SPRAWLING  CITY, WHERE  MY  RADIO ,#,##,,,##
##,,,###,, FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO  EXPLORING  TOGETHER ,,,###,,#,
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#,##,,,### ME,  THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ##,,,###,,
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