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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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#@##$†;~..                  ..,,..                  ..~;†$##@#
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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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@##$†;~...     DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL     ...~;†$##@
#@##$†;~.. HUNDRED  METERS  DOWN (LEFT)  TO  BARELY ..~;†$##@#
##@##$†;~.       TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT).      .~;†$##@##
#@##$†;~..                                          ..~;†$##@#
@##$†;~...   OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE    ...~;†$##@
##$†;~....  COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL  ....~;†$##
#$†;~..... DREAM  AMOUNTS  (MIDDLE)  TO  NO  DREAMS .....~;†$#
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#@##$†;~.. REVITALIZATION  GOES FROM  A  FEELING OF ..~;†$##@#
##@##$†;~. NOT  HAVING SLEPT AT ALL (LEFT) TO BEING .~;†$##@##
#@##$†;~.. FULL   OF   ENERGY  AND  MAYBE  OPTIMISM ..~;†$##@#
@##$†;~...                 (RIGHT).                 ...~;†$##@
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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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