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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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#¤$*~^¨¨¨¨ WHEN YOU SLEEP ALL SOUND IS INTERNAL. ¨¨¨¨^~*$¤#
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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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¤$$**^¨¨¨¨ OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE ¨¨¨¨^**$$¤
###¤$**~^¨ COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL ¨^~**$¤###
####$**~^¨ DREAM AMOUNTS (MIDDLE) TO NO DREAMS ¨^~**$####
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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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¤¤¤¤$**~^¨ THIS IS STILL A PLACE: HERE, IN THE ¨^~**$¤¤¤¤
###¤$**~^¨ SILENCE, DARKNESS AND NIGHT - AND ¨^~**$¤###
¤$$$$**~^¨ LONELINESS, HOLDING A KIND OF DILUTION ¨^~**$$$$¤
###¤$**~^¨ OF REALITY, AND SUDDENLY IT'S NOT ¨^~**$¤###
##$$$**~^¨ 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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