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##£§$†-~.. day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a ..~-†$§£##
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##£§$†-~.. to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. ..~-†$§£##
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##£§$†-~..             and rejuvenating.            ..~-†$§£##
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##£§$†-~.. sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of ..~-†$§£##
###£§$†-~. which  there is nothing.  inside  is all .~-†$§£###
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##£§$†-~..           stands an old friend.          ..~-†$§£##
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###£§$†-~. if  you wish to measure sleep, use these .~-†$§£###
##£§$†-~..    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    ..~-†$§£##
#£§$†-~...   otherworldiness and revitalization.    ...~-†$§£#
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##£§$†-~.. all  day   (left)  to   not   caring  to ..~-†$§£##
#£§$†-~...             remember (right).            ...~-†$§£#
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##£§$†-~.. hundred  meters  down (left)  to  barely ..~-†$§£##
#£§$†-~...      touching the surface (right).       ...~-†$§£#
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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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##£§$†-~.. revitalization  goes from  a feeling  of ..~-†$§£##
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##£§$†-~.. full  of  energy   and   maybe  optimism ..~-†$§£##
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###£§$†-~. high  otherworldliness and  high grip is .~-†$§£###
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##£§$†-~..               sleep deities              ..~-†$§£##
###£§$†-~.              the blackbird               .~-†$§£###
##£§$†-~..                 solipsism                ..~-†$§£##
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##£§$†-~..                  --††--                  ..~-†$§£##
###£§$†-~.           ... furthermore ...            .~-†$§£###
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###£§$†-~. silence,   darkness  and  night   -  and .~-†$§£###
##£§$†-~.. loneliness,  holding a kind of  dilution ..~-†$§£##
#£§$†-~... of   reality,  and  suddenly   it's  not ...~-†$§£#
##£§$†-~.. important  that i  lie  in  my  bed, the ..~-†$§£##
###£§$†-~. lack  of  presence  brings  the   notion .~-†$§£###
##£§$†-~.. that,  if  i  do  not  choose  sleep,  i ..~-†$§£##
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###£§$†-~.          surround myself with.           .~-†$§£###
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