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§$-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ other day, springs and streams and ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-$§
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##@§*$^-:¨ sun is about to rise. its a long day, ¨:-^$*§@##
##@§*$^-:¨ before it fades to night again, and ¨:-^$*§@##
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@§§**$^-:¨ players. pen and paper, books, cameras, ¨:-^$**§§@
##@§*$^-:¨ mirrors, prisms, and various things to ¨:-^$*§@##
#@§*^:¨¨¨¨ do art with. the fridge is filled with ¨¨¨¨:^*§@#
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##@§*$^-:¨ wants to be the big spoon). i listen to ¨:-^$*§@##
#@@§*$^-:¨ the shortwave radio, and transmit a bit ¨:-^$*§@@#
##@§*$^-:¨ myself, songs and poetry, and found ¨:-^$*§@##
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@**$^^^-:¨ of their lives, play the guitar for me, ¨:-^^^$**@
§$$^:¨¨¨¨¨ and tell tales of the old world. i ¨¨¨¨¨:^$$§
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###@§$^-:¨ meter area on the floor where i can ¨:-^$§@###
@****$^-:¨ "save" things. whatever i put in here ¨:-^$****@
@**$-:¨¨¨¨ will not be affected by the nightly ¨¨¨¨:-$**@
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##@§*$^-:¨ patches removed, food uneaten, wounds ¨:-^$*§@##
@§§$$^^-:¨ healed, and wherever and whenever i'd ¨:-^^$$§§@
§§*^^--:¨¨ fall asleep i'd always wake up fully ¨¨:--^^*§§
§*$$-¨¨¨¨¨ rested in my bed. sometimes there's ¨¨¨¨¨-$$*§
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##@§*$^-:¨ forgetting to put them in the square. ¨:-^$*§@##
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##@§*$^-:¨ it's not endless but connected to a ¨:-^$*§@##
##@§*$^-:¨ large sprawling city, where my radio ¨:-^$*§@##
@§**^^^-:¨ friends live. we go exploring together ¨:-^^^**§@
§*$--¨¨¨¨¨ - things are deep and dark - but unlike ¨¨¨¨¨--$*§
#@§§*$^-:¨ me, they never remember during the day. ¨:-^$*§§@#
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