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,,,,#####, NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN  THE ,#,,,,##,,
###,,###,,   WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY  ,,,##,,,,#
##,,,,#,,# OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS   AND ##,,,,##,,
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,,###,,### 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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##########   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 ,,,####,,#
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####,,,,,, MYSELF,  SONGS  AND  POETRY,  AND  FOUND ,,,,,,,###
###,,####, SOUNDS FROM THE  FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ######,,##
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#,,##,,,,, AND  TELL  TALES  OF  THE  OLD WORLD.  I ####,,##,,
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,,,,,,,,,,   RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS    ,,,##,,,,#
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#######,,, AT  NIGHT,  I   HAVE  DEMI-LUCID  DREAMS ,,,,,,#,,#
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,####,,,,, 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 ,,,,##,,,#
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