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...-^^@¤¶# ... SLEEP ... #¶¤@^^-...
..-^^@¤¶## ..--.. ##¶¤@^^-..
...-^^@¤¶# #¶¤@^^-...
....-^^@¤¶ 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). ¶¤@^^-....
...-^^@¤¶# #¶¤@^^-...
..-^^@¤¶## 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 ... @^^-......
.....-^^@¤ ..--.. ¤@^^-.....
....-^^@¤¶ ¶¤@^^-....
...-^^@¤¶# 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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