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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 ##£¤§*†«.¨
¨.«†*§§§§£   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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¨¨¨¨.«†§¤£ DOG  (WHO  IS   RIDICOLOUSLY  LARGE  AND £¤§†«.¨¨¨¨
¨.«†*§¤£## 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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¨.«†*§¤£## 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   #¤§**«««.¨
¨.«†*§¤###     COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH    ###¤§*†«.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.«†§£  PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS   £§†«.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.«†*§¤£## HEALED,  AND  WHEREVER AND WHENEVER  I'D ##£¤§*†«.¨
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¨.«†*§¤£## 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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