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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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#@@%~~~¨¨¨ ¨¨,,¨¨ ¨¨¨~~~%@@#
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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). ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~%¤
#@@@@%:~,¨ ¨,~:%@@@@#
###¤@%:~,¨ 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 ¨¨¨ ¨,~:%@¤###
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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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