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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 ,,,^^=%%%@
#@%$$$==^, BLACK LAKE. AT THE FOOT OF THIS LAKE ,^==$$$%@#
#$===^^,,, STANDS AN OLD FRIEND. ,,,^^===$#
##@#%$==^, ,^==$%#@##
##@#%$==^, ,,^^,, ,^==$%#@##
####%$==^, ,^==$%####
##@#%$==^, WHEN YOU SLEEP ALL SOUND IS INTERNAL. ,^==$%#@##
@##%%$==^, WHEN YOU SLEEP YOUR BRAIN SHRINKS. ,^==$%%##@
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#$=,,,,,,, ,,^^,, ,,,,,,,=$#
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###@#$==^, IF YOU WISH TO MEASURE SLEEP, USE THESE ,^==$#@###
@#$=,,,,,, FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS, ,,,,,,=$#@
##@#%$==^, OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION. ,^==$%#@##
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##%$$$==^, GRIP GOES FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO LET GO ,^==$$$%##
@@@#%$==^, ALL DAY (LEFT) TO NOT CARING TO ,^==$%#@@@
####%$==^, REMEMBER (RIGHT). ,^==$%####
##@#%$==^, ,^==$%#@##
#%==^,,,,, DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL ,,,,,^==%#
##@#%$==^, HUNDRED METERS DOWN (LEFT) TO BARELY ,^==$%#@##
##@#%$==^, TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT). ,^==$%#@##
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##@#%$==^, OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE ,^==$%#@##
###$=,,,,, COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL ,,,,,=$###
@@@#%$==^, DREAM AMOUNTS (MIDDLE) TO NO DREAMS ,^==$%#@@@
##@#%$==^, (RIGHT). ,^==$%#@##
@#%%%$==^, ,^==$%%%#@
#%=^,,,,,, 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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##@#%$==^, ====== ,^==$%#@##
##@#%$==^, ,,, FURTHERMORE ,,, ,^==$%#@##
@@##%$==^, ^^==^^ ,^==$%##@@
##@#%$==^, ,^==$%#@##
@#$==,,,,, THIS IS STILL A PLACE: HERE, IN THE ,,,,,==$#@
#@@#%$==^, SILENCE, DARKNESS AND NIGHT - AND ,^==$%#@@#
#$$$$==^^, LONELINESS, HOLDING A KIND OF DILUTION ,^^==$$$$#
##@#%$==^, OF REALITY, AND SUDDENLY IT'S NOT ,^==$%#@##
#%=^,,,,,, IMPORTANT THAT I LIE IN MY BED, THE ,,,,,,^=%#
@#%%$==^,, LACK OF PRESENCE BRINGS THE NOTION ,,^==$%%#@
@@#%$$==^, 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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