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.,~^†$§£##               ... SLEEP ...              ##£§$†^~,.
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.,~^†$§### SLEEP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL  OF THE ###§$†^~,.
.,~^†$§§§# DAY.  SLEEP  IS  SAYING  GOODBYE  FOR  A #§§§$†^~,.
.,~^†$§£## WHILE. IF YOU  CAN DREAM,  YOU ALSO  GET ##£§$†^~,.
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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 #£$$†~,...
......,~†§           STANDS AN OLD FRIEND.          §†~,......
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.......~†§ WHEN YOU  SLEEP ALL  SOUND IS  INTERNAL. §†~.......
.,~^†$§£## WHEN  YOU   SLEEP  YOUR  BRAIN  SHRINKS. ##£§$†^~,.
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....,~~~†§ IF YOU WISH TO MEASURE SLEEP, USE  THESE §†~~~,....
.....,,~†§    FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS,    §†~,,.....
.....~^††§    OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION.   §††^~.....
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.,~^†$§£## GRIP GOES FROM NOT BEING ABLE  TO LET GO ##£§$†^~,.
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.,~^†$§£##     DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL     ##£§$†^~,.
....,~^$§# HUNDRED  METERS DOWN  (LEFT)  TO  BARELY #§$^~,....
...,,~†§§£       TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT).      £§§†~,,...
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.,~^†$§£##   OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE    ##£§$†^~,.
....~^†$£#  COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL  #£$†^~....
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.,~^†$§£## FULL   OF  ENERGY  AND  MAYBE   OPTIMISM ##£§$†^~,.
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.,,,,^†§§§ HIGH  OTHERWORLDLINESS  AND HIGH GRIP IS §§§†^,,,,.
.,~^†$§£##     A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.      ##£§$†^~,.
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.,~^†$$$§#             ... SEE ALSO ...             #§$$$†^~,.
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....~††§§#               SLEEP DEITIES              #§§††~....
.,~^†$§###               THE BLACKBIRD              ###§$†^~,.
.,~^†$§£##                SOLIPSISM                 ##£§$†^~,.
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.,~^†$§§££            ... FURTHERMORE ...           ££§§$†^~,.
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.,~^†$§£## SILENCE,  DARKNESS  AND  NIGHT   -   AND ##£§$†^~,.
.,~^†$§£## LONELINESS,  HOLDING A KIND  OF DILUTION ##£§$†^~,.
.,~^†$£### OF  REALITY,   AND  SUDDENLY   IT'S  NOT ###£$†^~,.
.,~^†$§£## IMPORTANT  THAT I  LIE  IN MY  BED,  THE ##£§$†^~,.
.,~^†$§£## LACK  OF   PRESENCE  BRINGS  THE  NOTION ##£§$†^~,.
.,~^†$§£## THAT,  IF  I  DO  NOT  CHOOSE  SLEEP,  I ##£§$†^~,.
.,~^†$§£##   CHOOSE PAST, FUTURE, SOMETHING WITH    ##£§$†^~,.
.,~~~†$§£# MORE  SUBSTANCE   THAN  THE  OBJECTS   I #£§$†~~~,.
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