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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 §§§£%%^~.,
,,,,,.~%§# DARK,  AND  THE STARS  ARE OUT, BUT  THE #§%~.,,,,,
,,,,...^£@ 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 §%~~.,,,,,
,.^%£§@###                 DREAMS.                  ###@§£%^.,
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,,,,.~^%£@ IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S  A LOT  OF RADIO @£%^~.,,,,
,.~^%£§@##   EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE   ##@§£%^~.,
,.~^%£§@## PLAYERS. PEN AND  PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ##@§£%^~.,
,.~^%££§§# MIRRORS, PRISMS,  AND VARIOUS THINGS  TO #§§££%^~.,
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,.~^%£§@## DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM  INTRIGUING, ##@§£%^~.,
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,.~^%£§@## I  HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT,  AND  A ##@§£%^~.,
,.~^%£§@## DOG  (WHO   IS  RIDICOLOUSLY  LARGE  AND ##@§£%^~.,
,.~^%£@### 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, ##@§£%^~.,
,,,..~^£@@ 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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,.~^%£§@## 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 ##@§£%^~.,
,.~^^^^%§@ RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S @§%^^^^~.,
,.~^%£§§§@ ACCIDENTS   WHERE   I  LOSE   STUFF   BY @§§§£%^~.,
,.~^%£§@## FORGETTING TO  PUT THEM  IN  THE SQUARE. ##@§£%^~.,
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,,,,,,~%£§ 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. §§§£%~,,,,
,.~^%£§@## THIS  IS  A  MYSTERY  WE  OFTEN DISCUSS. ##@§£%^~.,
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