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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,   #,,,#,##,,
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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 ,,,,#,,,#,
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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, ,,,,,,,###
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,,,#,##,,, WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON).  I LISTEN TO ,#,##,,,,,
,,,,,###,, THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT  A BIT ,,,###,,,,
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,,,,,,,### 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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,,###,,#,#  PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS   ###,,#,##,
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#,,,###,,# FALL  ASLEEP  I'D ALWAYS  WAKE  UP FULLY ,,###,,#,#
##,,#,##,, RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ,,#,##,,,#
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##,,,###,, AT   NIGHT,  I  HAVE  DEMI-LUCID  DREAMS ,,,,,#,,#,
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#,##,,,### 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. ,,#,##,,,,
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