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*=,....... other day, springs and streams and .......,=*
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###¤$*=,.. sun is about to rise. its a long day, ..,=*$¤###
##¤$*=,... before it fades to night again, and ...,=*$¤##
#¤$*=,.... then it stays so until i fall asleep. ....,=*$¤#
¤$*=,..... it doesn't rise unless i've had my .....,=*$¤
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###¤$*=,.. do art with. the fridge is filled with ..,=*$¤###
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$*=,...... i have friends - there's a cat, and a ......,=*$
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=,........ wants to be the big spoon). i listen to ........,=
*=,....... the shortwave radio, and transmit a bit .......,=*
$*=,...... myself, songs and poetry, and found ......,=*$
¤$*=,..... sounds from the forest. the others tell .....,=*$¤
#¤$*=,.... of their lives, play the guitar for me, ....,=*$¤#
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###¤$*=,.. consider them friends as well. ..,=*$¤###
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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 .......,=*
$*=,...... patches removed, food uneaten, wounds ......,=*$
¤$*=,..... healed, and wherever and whenever i'd .....,=*$¤
#¤$*=,.... fall asleep i'd always wake up fully ....,=*$¤#
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###¤$*=,.. accidents where i lose stuff by ..,=*$¤###
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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 .......,=*
$*=,...... friends live. we go exploring together ......,=*$
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