,:~^§%@### ###@%§^~:,
,,:~^§%@## ##@%§^~:,,
,,,:~^§%@# #@%§^~:,,,
,,,,:~^§%@ @%§^~:,,,,
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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. #@%§^~:,,,
,,:~^§%@## ##@%§^~:,,
,:~^§%@### ,,::,, ###@%§^~:,
,,:~^§%@## ##@%§^~:,,
,,,:~^§%@# 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). ##@%§^~:,,
,,,:~^§%@# #@%§^~:,,,
,,,,:~^§%@ 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). §^~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~^§% %§^~:,,,,,
,,,,:~^§%@ :: @%§^~:,,,,
,,,:~^§%@# #@%§^~:,,,
,,:~^§%@## HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS AND HIGH GRIP IS ##@%§^~:,,
,:~^§%@### A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO. ###@%§^~:,
,,:~^§%@## ##@%§^~:,,
,,,:~^§%@# ~~^^~~ #@%§^~:,,,
,,,,:~^§%@ ,,, SEE ALSO ,,, @%§^~:,,,,
,,,,,:~^§% ::~~:: %§^~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~^§ §^~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~^ 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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