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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 ¨~==*%&###
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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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