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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. ##@£*%*~,,
,,~*%*£@## ##@£*%*~,,
,,~**£@### ,,,,,, ###@£**~,,
,,,,~*%%*@ @*%%*~,,,,
,,~*%*£@## DEEPER THAN DEATH IS TO BE ALIVE AND ##@£*%*~,,
,,~*%*£@## ASLEEP. IT IS DEATH IF IT WAS TEMPORARY ##@£*%*~,,
,,~*%*£@@@ AND REJUVENATING. @@@£*%*~,,
,,,,,,~%£# #£%~,,,,,,
,,~*%*£@## ,,,,,, ##@£*%*~,,
,,~*%*£### ###£*%*~,,
,,~*%*£@## 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. @£%%%*,,,,
,,~*%*£@## ##@£*%*~,,
,,~*%*£@## ,,,,,, ##@£*%*~,,
,,~*%*£@## ##@£*%*~,,
,,~~~%%**@ IF YOU WISH TO MEASURE SLEEP, USE THESE @**%%~~~,,
,,~*%*££££ FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS, ££££*%*~,,
,,,,,,**@@ OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION. @@**,,,,,,
,,,,,*%**£ £**%*,,,,,
,,~*%*£@## 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). £*%*~,,,,,
,,~*%*£@## ##@£*%*~,,
,,~*%***@# 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). ##@£*%*~,,
,,,,~%%£@# #@£%%~,,,,
,,,~~~*%%£ ,, £%%*~~~,,,
,,,,,~%*@@ @@*%~,,,,,
,,~*%*£@## HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS AND HIGH GRIP IS ##@£*%*~,,
,,,,,***££ A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO. ££***,,,,,
,,~~~~~%*@ @*%~~~~~,,
,,,,,,~**@ ~~**~~ @**~,,,,,,
,,~*%%%**£ ,,, SEE ALSO ,,, £**%%%*~,,
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,,~*%*£@## SLEEP DEITIES ##@£*%*~,,
,,,,,,,~%£ THE BLACKBIRD £%~,,,,,,,
,,~**%%*££ SOLIPSISM ££*%%**~,,
,,,,~%%£££ £££%%~,,,,
,,,,,,,*%£ ~~**~~ £%*,,,,,,,
,,~*%*£@@@ ,,, 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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