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¨^-^$@&### WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ###&@$^-^¨
¨^-^$@&### OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ###&@$^-^¨
¨^-^$@&### MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ###&@$^-^¨
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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 ####&@^-^¨
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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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¨^-^$@&&## METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ##&&@$^-^¨
¨^-^$@&### "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ###&@$^-^¨
¨^-^$@&### WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ###&@$^-^¨
¨^-^$@&### RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ###&@$^-^¨
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¨¨¨^-^@@@& PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS &@@@^-^¨¨¨
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¨¨¨^^$$@&# FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY #&@$$^^¨¨¨
¨^-^$@&### RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ###&@$^-^¨
¨^-^$@&### ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ###&@$^-^¨
¨^-^$@#### FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ####@$^-^¨
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¨¨¨¨^-$@&# AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS #&@$-^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^^@@&# WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND #&@@^^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^-^@## THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ##@^-^¨¨¨¨
¨^-^^^^^@# IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A #@^^^^^-^¨
¨^-^$@&### LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ###&@$^-^¨
¨^-^$@#### FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ####@$^-^¨
¨^-^$&#### - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ####&$^-^¨
¨^-^$@@@&& ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. &&@@@$^-^¨
¨^-^$@&### THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ###&@$^-^¨
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