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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. ,,,:~†%&
##&&%†~:,, ,,:~†%&#
###&&%†~:, 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). ,,,:~†%&
##&&%†~:,, ,,:~†%&#
###&&%†~:, 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). ,:~†%&##
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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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