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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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...:~/§%§#                  ..::..                  #§%§/~:...
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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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