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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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..~†$%&###           ... FURTHERMORE ...            ###&%$†~..
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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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