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##¶#$%/«,, WHICH THERE IS NOTHING. INSIDE IS ALL ,,«/%$#¶##
@#$/,,,,,, THE STARS AND IN THE MIDDLE A ,,,,,,/$#@
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¶#%%««,,,, FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS, ,,,,««%%#¶
#@¶#$%/«,, OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION. ,,«/%$#¶@#
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#%/«,,,,,, GRIP GOES FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO LET GO ,,,,,,«/%#
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#@¶#$%/«,, REMEMBER (RIGHT). ,,«/%$#¶@#
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##@¶$%/«,, DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL ,,«/%$¶@##
#@¶#$%/«,, HUNDRED METERS DOWN (LEFT) TO BARELY ,,«/%$#¶@#
##@#$%/«,, TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT). ,,«/%$#@##
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¶$$$$%/«,, OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE ,,«/%$$$$¶
#@¶#$%/«,, COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL ,,«/%$#¶@#
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#@¶#$%/«,, SLEEP DEITIES ,,«/%$#¶@#
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##@¶#$%«,, SILENCE, DARKNESS AND NIGHT - AND ,,«%$#¶@##
##@¶$%/«,, LONELINESS, HOLDING A KIND OF DILUTION ,,«/%$¶@##
#$%«,,,,,, OF REALITY, AND SUDDENLY IT'S NOT ,,,,,,«%$#
##¶#$%/«,, IMPORTANT THAT I LIE IN MY BED, THE ,,«/%$#¶##
##@¶#$/«,, LACK OF PRESENCE BRINGS THE NOTION ,,«/$#¶@##
#$%««,,,,, THAT, IF I DO NOT CHOOSE SLEEP, I ,,,,,««%$#
@#%%/,,,,, CHOOSE PAST, FUTURE, SOMETHING WITH ,,,,,/%%#@
###$$%/«,, MORE SUBSTANCE THAN THE OBJECTS I ,,«/%$$###
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