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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. #,###,,###
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####,,,#,# MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND  VARIOUS THINGS  TO ,,,,,###,#
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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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,#,,##,,#, FRIENDS LIVE. WE  GO EXPLORING  TOGETHER ##,,,,#,,#
###,#,#,## - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK  - BUT UNLIKE #,#,,,##,#
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