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#,,,,###,# NOT  ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ,,,,,#####
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#,,##,#,,, OTHER   DAY,  SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS  AND ,,,##,,,,#
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#,,#,,#,## 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 #,#,###,##
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#,#,,,,,## 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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,,,,##,##, 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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,,,###,,#, HEALED, AND  WHEREVER  AND WHENEVER  I'D ,,####,,#,
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,##,###,## RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ##,,###,#,
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#,,,####,, AT  NIGHT,   I  HAVE  DEMI-LUCID  DREAMS #,###,###,
#,,#,,,#,, WHERE  THE SPIRITS OF  THE FOREST AROUND ##,,##,,##
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,######,,# 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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