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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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..,,,,~*†§                  ..,,..                  §†*~,,,,..
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.,~*†%§### WHEN YOU  SLEEP ALL  SOUND  IS INTERNAL. ###§%†*~,.
.,~*†%§### WHEN  YOU  SLEEP   YOUR  BRAIN  SHRINKS. ###§%†*~,.
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.,~*†%§###                  ..,,..                  ###§%†*~,.
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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 ###§%†*~,.
......,*†§                 (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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