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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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..:-†%$&¶#                    ::                    #¶&$%†-:..
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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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