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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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.-~\†%§¶##                  ..--..                  ##¶§%†\~-.
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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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.....~~††§ 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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