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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. #¶§$†*~:..
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....:~*†$§                  ..::..                  §$†*~:....
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....:~*†$§ 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).                 $†*~:.....
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...:~*†$§¶ REVITALIZATION  GOES FROM  A FEELING  OF ¶§$†*~:...
..:~*†$§¶# NOT HAVING SLEPT AT ALL (LEFT) TO  BEING #¶§$†*~:..
.:~*†$§¶## FULL  OF   ENERGY  AND   MAYBE  OPTIMISM ##¶§$†*~:.
..:~*†$§¶#                 (RIGHT).                 #¶§$†*~:..
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....:~*†$§                    ::                    §$†*~:....
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....:~*†$§ 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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