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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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..,«†*%¤##                  ..,,..                  ##¤%*†«,..
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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 ...            ###¤%*†«,.
..,«†*%¤##                  ,,««,,                  ##¤%*†«,..
...,«†*%¤#                                          #¤%*†«,...
..,«†*%¤## 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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