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,,,,,,,,,, ,,, SLEEP ,,, ,,,,,,,,,,
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*/:,,,,,,, SLEEP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE ,,,,,,,:/*
**/:,,,,,, DAY. SLEEP IS SAYING GOODBYE FOR A ,,,,,,:/**
@**/:,,,,, WHILE. IF YOU CAN DREAM, YOU ALSO GET ,,,,,:/**@
#@**/:,,,, TO VISIT FRIENDS AND OTHER ANIMALS. ,,,,:/**@#
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###@**/:,, DEEPER THAN DEATH IS TO BE ALIVE AND ,,:/**@###
##@**/:,,, ASLEEP. IT IS DEATH IF IT WAS TEMPORARY ,,,:/**@##
#@**/:,,,, AND REJUVENATING. ,,,,:/**@#
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/:,,,,,,,, SLEEP IS A BLACK MARBLE OUTSIDE OF ,,,,,,,,:/
:,,,,,,,,, WHICH THERE IS NOTHING. INSIDE IS ALL ,,,,,,,,,:
,,,,,,,,,, THE STARS AND IN THE MIDDLE A ,,,,,,,,,,
:,,,,,,,,, BLACK LAKE. AT THE FOOT OF THIS LAKE ,,,,,,,,,:
/:,,,,,,,, STANDS AN OLD FRIEND. ,,,,,,,,:/
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#@**/:,,,, WHEN YOU SLEEP ALL SOUND IS INTERNAL. ,,,,:/**@#
##@**/:,,, WHEN YOU SLEEP YOUR BRAIN SHRINKS. ,,,:/**@##
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##@**/:,,, IF YOU WISH TO MEASURE SLEEP, USE THESE ,,,:/**@##
#@**/:,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,,:/
:,,,,,,,,, REMEMBER (RIGHT). ,,,,,,,,,:
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:,,,,,,,,, DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL ,,,,,,,,,:
/:,,,,,,,, HUNDRED METERS DOWN (LEFT) TO BARELY ,,,,,,,,:/
*/:,,,,,,, TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT). ,,,,,,,:/*
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@**/:,,,,, OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE ,,,,,:/**@
#@**/:,,,, COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL ,,,,:/**@#
##@**/:,,, DREAM AMOUNTS (MIDDLE) TO NO DREAMS ,,,:/**@##
###@**/:,, (RIGHT). ,,:/**@###
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###@**/:,, REVITALIZATION GOES FROM A FEELING OF ,,:/**@###
##@**/:,,, NOT HAVING SLEPT AT ALL (LEFT) TO BEING ,,,:/**@##
#@**/:,,,, FULL OF ENERGY AND MAYBE OPTIMISM ,,,,:/**@#
@**/:,,,,, (RIGHT). ,,,,,:/**@
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:,,,,,,,,, HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS AND HIGH GRIP IS ,,,,,,,,,:
,,,,,,,,,, A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO. ,,,,,,,,,,
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*/:,,,,,,, ,,, SEE ALSO ,,, ,,,,,,,:/*
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#@**/:,,,, SLEEP DEITIES ,,,,:/**@#
##@**/:,,, THE BLACKBIRD ,,,:/**@##
###@**/:,, SOLIPSISM ,,:/**@###
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##@**/:,,, ,,, FURTHERMORE ,,, ,,,:/**@##
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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
:,,,,,,,,, LACK OF PRESENCE BRINGS THE NOTION ,,,,,,,,,:
/:,,,,,,,, THAT, IF I DO NOT CHOOSE SLEEP, I ,,,,,,,,:/
*/:,,,,,,, CHOOSE PAST, FUTURE, SOMETHING WITH ,,,,,,,:/*
**/:,,,,,, MORE SUBSTANCE THAN THE OBJECTS I ,,,,,,:/**
@**/:,,,,, SURROUND MYSELF WITH. ,,,,,:/**@
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