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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 /~^,,,,,,,
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,,^~/$$£## AND REJUVENATING. ##£$$/~^,,
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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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,,,^~/$$£# GRIP GOES FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO LET GO #£$$/~^,,,
,,,,^~/$$£ ALL DAY (LEFT) TO NOT CARING TO £$$/~^,,,,
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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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,,,,^~/$$£ A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO. £$$/~^,,,,
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,,,,,,,^~/ ,,, SEE ALSO ,,, /~^,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, SLEEP DEITIES ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, THE BLACKBIRD ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, SOLIPSISM ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,^~/ ,,, FURTHERMORE ,,, /~^,,,,,,,
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,,,,^~/$$£ THIS IS STILL A PLACE: HERE, IN THE £$$/~^,,,,
,,,^~/$$£# SILENCE, DARKNESS AND NIGHT - AND #£$$/~^,,,
,,^~/$$£## LONELINESS, HOLDING A KIND OF DILUTION ##£$$/~^,,
,^~/$$£### OF REALITY, AND SUDDENLY IT'S NOT ###£$$/~^,
,,^~/$$£## IMPORTANT THAT I LIE IN MY BED, THE ##£$$/~^,,
,,,^~/$$£# LACK OF PRESENCE BRINGS THE NOTION #£$$/~^,,,
,,,,^~/$$£ THAT, IF I DO NOT CHOOSE SLEEP, I £$$/~^,,,,
,,,,,^~/$$ CHOOSE PAST, FUTURE, SOMETHING WITH $$/~^,,,,,
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,,,,,,,^~/ SURROUND MYSELF WITH. /~^,,,,,,,
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