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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 ###,#,,#,#
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#####,#,#, 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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,##,###,,# 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 ###,#,####
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,#,,,##,,# METER AREA ON  THE  FLOOR  WHERE  I  CAN ,,,,,#,#,#
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###,,,,#,#    RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS   ,,##,,,,,,
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####,###,# FALL ASLEEP  I'D  ALWAYS  WAKE UP  FULLY ,,##,,###,
,,,##,,##, RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ,#,#,#,,##
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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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