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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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