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&&..&&.&&. ... SLEEP ... &..&..&.&.
.&.&.&&.&& ..~~.. &.&&.&&&&&
&&&&&.&&.& &&.&&....&
....&&.&&. 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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..&.&.&&.& ...... &&..&&..&.
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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. ..&...&&&.
..&..&...& .&&..&..&.
.&&.&&..&. GRIP GOES FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO LET GO &.&.&&.&&.
&.&&.&.&&. ALL DAY (LEFT) TO NOT CARING TO &&&&.&&.&.
&&.&&&&.&. REMEMBER (RIGHT). ...&&.&&&&
.&&...&&&& ..&.&&....
&.&..&.... DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL .&&&.&....
&&&.&&...& HUNDRED METERS DOWN (LEFT) TO BARELY &..&&&...&
..&&.&..&. TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT). &.&..&..&.
.&.&&&.&&& &&&.&&.&&.
&&&..&&..& 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). &...&&&&..
&..&&&..&. &..&...&.&
&.&..&.&&& .. &.&&..&&&.
&&&.&&&... &&.&.&..&&
..&&..&..& 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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