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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 ,,,,,,,«**
$**«,,,,,, FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS, ,,,,,,«**$
#$**«,,,,, OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION. ,,,,,«**$#
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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 ,,,,,,,«**
$**«,,,,,, (RIGHT). ,,,,,,«**$
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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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