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,,~;=$§### ###§$=;~,,
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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)) ##$;,,,,,,
,,~;=$§### ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### ~ ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### 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 ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=$$§## THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ##§$$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### DREAMS. ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### ###§$=;~,,
,,,,,,;$$# = #$$;,,,,,,
,,~;;;;=§# #§=;;;;~,,
,,,,,~=$§§ IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO §§$=~,,,,,
,,~;=$§### EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=$$$§§ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO §§$$$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ###§$=;~,,
,,,,,;;$## SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ##$;;,,,,,
,,,,,;=$$# #$$=;,,,,,
,,,,,,;$$§ § §$$;,,,,,,
,,~;=$§### ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ###§$=;~,,
,,,,,~=$§§ DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND §§$=~,,,,,
,,,,,,;=§§ WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO §§=;,,,,,,
,,~;=$$$$§ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT §$$$$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ###§$=;~,,
,,,,~=$§## SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ##§$=~,,,,
,,~;=$§§## OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ##§§$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### ###§$=;~,,
,,~;;=$§## # ##§$=;;~,,
,,~;=$$$§§ §§$$$=;~,,
,,,,,,;$§# MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE #§$;,,,,,,
,,~;=$§### METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=§#### "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ####§=;~,,
,,~;=$§### WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ###§$=;~,,
,,,,,,~=$# PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS #$=~,,,,,,
,,~;=$§### HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ###§$=;~,,
,,,,~;$$§# FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY #§$$;~,,,,
,,~;=$§### RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ###§$=;~,,
,,,,,,~=$§ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY §$=~,,,,,,
,,~;=$§### FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### ###§$=;~,,
,,,,,~;$$§ , §$$;~,,,,,
,,~;=$§### ###§$=;~,,
,,,,,,~;$§ AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS §$;~,,,,,,
,,~;=$§### WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ###§$=;~,,
,,~;=$§### THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ###§$=;~,,
,,,,,,~=$# IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A #$=~,,,,,,
,,,,~~~=§# 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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