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..#.#.#.## TO  VISIT  FRIENDS  AND  OTHER  ANIMALS. .#.#..#..#
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..#.#.#.## DEEPER THAN  DEATH IS  TO  BE ALIVE  AND .#.#..#..#
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..#.#.#.##            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 .#.#.##.##
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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  .#.#..#..#
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..#.#.#.## REVITALIZATION  GOES  FROM A  FEELING OF .#.#..#..#
.##.#.#..# NOT HAVING SLEPT AT ALL  (LEFT) TO BEING .#.#.##.##
..#.#.#.## FULL   OF   ENERGY  AND  MAYBE  OPTIMISM .#.#..#..#
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..#.#.#.##     A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.      .#.#..#..#
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..#.#.#.##               SLEEP DEITIES              .#.#..#..#
.##.#.#..#              THE BLACKBIRD               .#.#.##.##
..#.#.#.##                SOLIPSISM                 .#.#..#..#
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..#.#.#.## THIS IS  STILL  A  PLACE: HERE,  IN  THE .#.#..#..#
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..#.#.#.## LONELINESS,  HOLDING A KIND  OF DILUTION .#.#..#..#
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..#.#.#.## 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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