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,##,,,##,# WHILE.  IF YOU CAN  DREAM, YOU ALSO  GET #,#,,#,#,#
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######,,## DEEPER THAN  DEATH IS  TO  BE  ALIVE AND ,,,#,,,#,#
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,,,###,##, THE   STARS   AND   IN  THE   MIDDLE   A ,##,###,,#
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##,###,,#, WHEN  YOU SLEEP ALL  SOUND IS  INTERNAL. #,#,,,#,##
,##,,#,### WHEN  YOU  SLEEP  YOUR  BRAIN   SHRINKS. ###,,###,,
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,#,,##,,,,    FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS,    #,###,###,
##,#,#,,,,   OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION.    ##,,##,,#,
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#,,,,#,,## GRIP GOES FROM  NOT BEING ABLE TO LET GO #######,,#
#,,,##,#,# ALL   DAY  (LEFT)   TO  NOT   CARING  TO ,,,,,,#,#,
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##,,#,,,,#     DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL     ,,,##,,,,#
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#,,#,,##,# REVITALIZATION GOES  FROM  A  FEELING OF #,#####,#,
#,##,#,### NOT HAVING SLEPT AT ALL (LEFT)  TO BEING ##,,,,####
##,####,,# FULL  OF  ENERGY   AND   MAYBE  OPTIMISM ,#,,,#,,,,
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,#,,##,,## HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS  AND  HIGH GRIP IS ,,,,#,,###
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#,#,,#,##, THIS  IS  STILL  A  PLACE: HERE,  IN THE ###,######
###,###,#, SILENCE,  DARKNESS   AND  NIGHT  -   AND ,,##,,,,,,
,,##,,#### LONELINESS, HOLDING A  KIND OF  DILUTION ,#,#,,,,,#
,#,#,#,,,# OF  REALITY,  AND   SUDDENLY   IT'S  NOT ####,,,,##
######,,## IMPORTANT  THAT  I LIE  IN  MY BED,  THE ,,,#,,,#,#
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,,,,####,# THAT,  IF  I  DO  NOT  CHOOSE  SLEEP,  I ,#,#,#,,#,
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,,##,,#,## MORE   SUBSTANCE  THAN  THE   OBJECTS  I ,,,,,##,#,
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