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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 ..,=*§%@##
#@%§*=,... NOT HAVING  SLEPT AT ALL (LEFT) TO BEING ...,=*§%@#
##@%§*=,.. FULL  OF  ENERGY   AND  MAYBE   OPTIMISM ..,=*§%@##
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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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