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....~†$%§§ WHILE.  IF YOU CAN  DREAM, YOU  ALSO GET §§%$†~....
.....~$§§£ TO  VISIT  FRIENDS  AND  OTHER  ANIMALS. £§§$~.....
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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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..~†$%§£##    OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE   ##£§%$†~..
..~†$$%%%£  COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL  £%%%$$†~..
..~†$%£### DREAM  AMOUNTS  (MIDDLE)  TO  NO  DREAMS ###£%$†~..
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..~†$%%§£# REVITALIZATION GOES  FROM  A FEELING  OF #£§%%$†~..
..~†$§£### NOT HAVING  SLEPT AT ALL (LEFT) TO BEING ###£§$†~..
......†$§§ FULL  OF   ENERGY  AND   MAYBE  OPTIMISM §§$†......
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...~††$§£# HIGH  OTHERWORLDLINESS AND HIGH GRIP  IS #£§$††~...
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..~†$%§£##              THE BLACKBIRD               ##£§%$†~..
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..~†$%§£## SILENCE,   DARKNESS  AND  NIGHT  -   AND ##£§%$†~..
..~†$%£### LONELINESS, HOLDING A KIND  OF  DILUTION ###£%$†~..
..~†$%§£## OF  REALITY,   AND  SUDDENLY   IT'S  NOT ##£§%$†~..
......†$%£ IMPORTANT  THAT I  LIE IN  MY  BED,  THE £%$†......
..~†$%§£## LACK  OF   PRESENCE  BRINGS  THE  NOTION ##£§%$†~..
..~†$%§£## THAT,  IF  I  DO  NOT  CHOOSE  SLEEP,  I ##£§%$†~..
.....~†$§£    CHOOSE PAST, FUTURE, SOMETHING WITH   £§$†~.....
.....~$%££ MORE  SUBSTANCE  THAN  THE   OBJECTS   I ££%$~.....
..~†$%§§§£           SURROUND MYSELF WITH.          £§§§%$†~..
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