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,,######,,   WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY  ,#,,,,,##,
,#,,,,,#,# OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND   STREAMS  AND ##,,,,#,#,
##,,,,###,   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   ,#,,,####,
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,,##,,##,, DARK, AND THE  STARS  ARE  OUT, BUT  THE ,#,#,,#,##
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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 ,######,,,
,,,,,,,,,#                  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 ,######,,,
,#,##,,#,, DO ART WITH.  THE FRIDGE IS  FILLED WITH #,,,,,#,,,
###,#,##,# DIFFERET FOODS, ALL  OF THEM INTRIGUING, #,,,,##,,,
,,####,###              SLIGHTLY WEIRD.             #,,,#,#,,#
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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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,##,,#,### HEALED,  AND  WHEREVER AND  WHENEVER I'D #,##,#,#,,
#,#,###,,# FALL  ASLEEP I'D  ALWAYS WAKE  UP  FULLY ##,#####,,
####,,#,#, RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ,##,,,,#,#
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,,###,,,,, FORGETTING  TO PUT  THEM IN  THE SQUARE. ###,,#,,#,
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######,,,, 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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