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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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@$$^~^,,,, GRIP GOES FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO LET GO ,,,,^~^$$@
$$^~^,,,,, ALL DAY (LEFT) TO NOT CARING TO ,,,,,^~^$$
$^~^,,,,,, REMEMBER (RIGHT). ,,,,,,^~^$
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@$$^~^,,,, DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL ,,,,^~^$$@
#@$$^~^,,, HUNDRED METERS DOWN (LEFT) TO BARELY ,,,^~^$$@#
##@$$^~^,, TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT). ,,^~^$$@##
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##@$$^~^,, OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE ,,^~^$$@##
#@$$^~^,,, COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL ,,,^~^$$@#
@$$^~^,,,, DREAM AMOUNTS (MIDDLE) TO NO DREAMS ,,,,^~^$$@
$$^~^,,,,, (RIGHT). ,,,,,^~^$$
$^~^,,,,,, ,,,,,,^~^$
$$^~^,,,,, REVITALIZATION GOES FROM A FEELING OF ,,,,,^~^$$
@$$^~^,,,, NOT HAVING SLEPT AT ALL (LEFT) TO BEING ,,,,^~^$$@
#@$$^~^,,, FULL OF ENERGY AND MAYBE OPTIMISM ,,,^~^$$@#
##@$$^~^,, (RIGHT). ,,^~^$$@##
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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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