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@**=--,,,, SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ,,,,--=**@
#@£@§*\=-, BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ,-=\*§@£@#
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#@£@§*\=-, IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ,-=\*§@£@#
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#@£@§*\=-, DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ,-=\*§@£@#
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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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#@£@§*\=-, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ,-=\*§@£@#
#@£@§*\=-, WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ,-=\*§@£@#
@§§*\-,,,, RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ,,,,-\*§§@
#@£@§*\=-, 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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£§****\=-, THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ,-=\****§£
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#@£@§*\=-, LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ,-=\*§@£@#
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#@£@§*\=-, - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ,-=\*§@£@#
@@£@§*\=-, ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ,-=\*§@£@@
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