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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 §$$$†«-...
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.-«;†$§### REVITALIZATION GOES  FROM  A  FEELING OF ###§$†;«-.
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.-«;†$§### FULL  OF  ENERGY  AND   MAYBE   OPTIMISM ###§$†;«-.
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.-«;†$§### HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS  AND  HIGH GRIP IS ###§$†;«-.
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.-«;†§####               SLEEP DEITIES              ####§†;«-.
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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 §†«.......
.....«;;$§ LACK   OF  PRESENCE  BRINGS  THE  NOTION §$;;«.....
....««;†$# THAT,  IF  I  DO  NOT  CHOOSE  SLEEP,  I #$†;««....
.-«;†$§###   CHOOSE PAST, FUTURE, SOMETHING WITH    ###§$†;«-.
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.-«;†$§###          SURROUND MYSELF WITH.           ###§$†;«-.
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