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##@@@§^«.. WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ..«^§@@@##
##@@@§^«.. OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ..«^§@@@##
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@@@§§^^«.. I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ..«^^§§@@@
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##@@@§^«.. SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ..«^§@@@##
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##@@@§^«.. IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ..«^§@@@##
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##@@@§^«.. 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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##@@@§^«.. 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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@@§§§§^«.. METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ..«^§§§§@@
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##@@@§^«.. FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ..«^§@@@##
##@@@§^«.. RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ..«^§@@@##
###@@@^«.. 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, .....««§@@
##@@@§^«.. 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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