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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. .^«††&#¶¶¶
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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. ..^^«†&&##
#††«««««^. .^«««««††#
¶¶¶#&††«^. 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 .^«††&####
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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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