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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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,,-/†§&###                  ,,,,,,                  ###&§†/-,,
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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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,,-/†§&###                  ,,,,,,                  ###&§†/-,,
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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 ###&§†/-,,
,,-/†§&###                 (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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