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$=~,,,,,,, $ DREAM PALACE $ ,,,,,,,~=$
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$$=~,,,,,, NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ,,,,,,~=$$
#$$=~,,,,, WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ,,,,,~=$$#
@#$$=~,,,, OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ,,,,~=$$#@
#@#$$=~,,, MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ,,,~=$$#@#
##@#$$=~,, BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ,,~=$$#@##
#@#$$=~,,, SPRING)) ,,,~=$$#@#
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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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#$$=~,,,,, IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ,,,,,~=$$#
@#$$=~,,,, EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ,,,,~=$$#@
#@#$$=~,,, PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ,,,~=$$#@#
##@#$$=~,, MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ,,~=$$#@##
#@#$$=~,,, DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ,,,~=$$#@#
@#$$=~,,,, DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ,,,,~=$$#@
#$$=~,,,,, SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ,,,,,~=$$#
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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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#@#$$=~,,, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ,,,~=$$#@#
@#$$=~,,,, METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ,,,,~=$$#@
#$$=~,,,,, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ,,,,,~=$$#
$$=~,,,,,, WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ,,,,,,~=$$
$=~,,,,,,, RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ,,,,,,,~=$
=~,,,,,,,, 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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@#$$=~,,,, AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ,,,,~=$$#@
#@#$$=~,,, WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ,,,~=$$#@#
##@#$$=~,, THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ,,~=$$#@##
#@#$$=~,,, IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ,,,~=$$#@#
@#$$=~,,,, LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ,,,,~=$$#@
#$$=~,,,,, FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ,,,,,~=$$#
$$=~,,,,,, - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ,,,,,,~=$$
$=~,,,,,,, ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ,,,,,,,~=$
=~,,,,,,,, THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ,,,,,,,,~=
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