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,,###,,,,#             $ DREAM PALACE $             #,##,#,##,
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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, ,#,,,,#,,,
,,,,###,,, 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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,,###,,,,# I  HAVE FRIENDS  - THERE'S A  CAT, AND A #,,,,#,,,,
,,#,##,,,, 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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,,#,,,,#,, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S  A  TWO SQUARE ###,,,,###
#,,#,,,,#, METER  AREA  ON THE  FLOOR  WHERE I  CAN #,##,,,#,#
##,,#,,,,# "SAVE"  THINGS.  WHATEVER  I PUT IN HERE ,,###,,,,#
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,###,,#,,,    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 ,,,###,,#,
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#,##,,,#,# 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, #,,,#,##,,
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,,,###,,#, 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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