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#$:«:¨¨¨¨¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨¨¨¨¨:«:$#
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&%:««««¨¨¨ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ¨¨¨««««:%&
###&$%:«:¨ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¨:«:%$&###
###&$%:«:¨ DREAMS. ¨:«:%$&###
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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 ¨¨¨:::%%&#
&$%%:::«:¨ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ¨:«:::%%$&
###&$%:«:¨ MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ¨:«:%$&###
###&$%:«:¨ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ¨:«:%$&###
#&$$:::¨¨¨ OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ¨¨¨:::$$&#
&%«::¨¨¨¨¨ AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ¨¨¨¨¨::«%&
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###&$%:«:¨ MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ¨:«:%$&###
###&$%:«:¨ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ¨:«:%$&###
&$$%«:¨¨¨¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨¨¨¨:«%$$&
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###&$%:«:¨ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ¨:«:%$&###
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###&$%:«:¨ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ¨:«:%$&###
#&$$$%:«:¨ RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ¨:«:%$$$&#
&$%«¨¨¨¨¨¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨¨¨¨¨¨«%$&
&%««:¨¨¨¨¨ 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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