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###§&%=«:, OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ,:«=%&§###
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###§&%=«:, 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. ,,,,««%%%§
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###§&%=«:, 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 ,:«=%&§###
###§&%=«:, 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 ,:«=%&§###
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§&&%=:,,,, RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ,,,,:=%&&§
§%==««,,,, ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ,,,,««==%§
##§&&%=«:, FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ,:«=%&&§##
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###§&%=«:, IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ,:«=%&§###
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###§&%=«:, FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ,:«=%&§###
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###§&%=«:, ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ,:«=%&§###
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