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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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.^===¤§###                  ..^^..                  ###§¤===^.
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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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.^===¤§###                  ..^^..                  ###§¤===^.
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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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..^===¤§##                    ^^                    ##§¤===^..
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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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