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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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#@&&*:-:,, ,,::,, ,,:-:*&&@#
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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). ,,,:-:*&&@
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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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