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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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....-«=@§# 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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.....-«=@§                  ..--..                  §@=«-.....
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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).       §@=«-.....
....-«=@§#                                          #§@=«-....
...-«=@§##   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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