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#.##.#.#.. 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 ##.#.#.#.#
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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 .#.#.#.#..
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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 ##.#.#.#.#
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#.##.#.#..    OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE   .#.#.#.#..
#..#.#.#.#  COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL  ##.#.#.#.#
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#..#.#.#.# REVITALIZATION GOES FROM  A  FEELING  OF ##.#.#.#.#
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#..#.#.#.# FULL  OF   ENERGY  AND  MAYBE   OPTIMISM ##.#.#.#.#
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#.##.#.#.. HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS AND  HIGH GRIP  IS .#.#.#.#..
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#.##.#.#..             ... SEE ALSO ...             .#.#.#.#..
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#..#.#.#.#              SLEEP DEITIES               ##.#.#.#.#
#.##.#.#..              THE BLACKBIRD               .#.#.#.#..
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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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