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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    #,,#,,,,#,
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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, #,,,#,,##,
,,####,,,,             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 #,#####,#,
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##,#,#,#,,   RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS    ##,,##,,#,
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#,,,,,##,# 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 ,,,##,,,,#
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##,,#,,#,# AT  NIGHT,  I  HAVE   DEMI-LUCID  DREAMS #,#,,,#,,#
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###,##,,,# THE COTTAGE  TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ,,#,#,###,
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,#,###,#,, 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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