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,,,##,##,, OTHER  DAY,   SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS  AND ,#,,,#,##,
,,,#,##,#,   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   ###,,###,#
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#,,,#,###, SUN  IS ABOUT  TO RISE. ITS A  LONG DAY, #,,#,#,,#,
##,,###,,# BEFORE  IT  FADES  TO  NIGHT  AGAIN, AND ##,####,##
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#,##,#,##,   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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,,#,,#,### WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON).  I LISTEN TO ,,##,#,,,,
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#,##,#,,,# AND  TELL TALES  OF  THE  OLD  WORLD.  I ,,####,,##
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##,,,###,# LARGE SPRAWLING  CITY,  WHERE  MY  RADIO #,#,####,#
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