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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.   ,^~=**#£##
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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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##£#**=~^, 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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