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###§%§^-~. WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY .~-^§%§###
§§§§%§^-~. OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND .~-^§%§§§§
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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. .~-^§%§§§§
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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, .~-^§%§@##
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##@§%§^-~. I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A .~-^§%§@##
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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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###@§%§^~. "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE .~^§%§@###
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§§§%§^^-~. COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH .~-^^§%§§§
§%%§-..... 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 .~-^§%§@##
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##@§%§^-~. 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 .....~^%§#
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###@§%§-~. ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. .~-§%§@###
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