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¨-~:$$@@## $ DREAM PALACE $ ##@@$$:~-¨
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¨-~:$$@### WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ###@$$:~-¨
¨-~:$$$$$@ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND @$$$$$:~-¨
¨-~:$$@### MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ###@$$:~-¨
¨-~:$$@### BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ###@$$:~-¨
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¨-~:$$@### ###@$$:~-¨
¨-~:$$@### 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 ###@$$:~-¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~:$@ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS @$:~~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨-~:$$@### FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ###@$$:~-¨
¨-~:$$@### RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ###@$$:~-¨
¨-~:$$#### ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ####$$:~-¨
¨-~~~~~:$@ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. @$:~~~~~-¨
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¨-~:$$@### ###@$$:~-¨
¨¨-~:$$@@# 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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