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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, ...^~%***§
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##*%=~.... THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ....~=%*##
#§§*=~~... IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ...~~=*§§#
###§*%=~^. DREAMS. .^~=%*§###
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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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###§*%=~^. I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A .^~=%*§###
###§*%=~^. DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND .^~=%*§###
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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 .^~=%*§###
###§*%=~^. WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY .^~=%*§###
§§***%=~^. RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS .^~=%***§§
§**=^^.... 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 .^~=%*§###
###§*%=~^. 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. .^~=%*§###
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