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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 \-:.......
........:-                 (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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