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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 ,##,,,,###
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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 ##,#,##,##
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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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,,#,,,,,#, HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS AND  HIGH  GRIP IS ,,,###,#,,
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#,,##,,##,              SLEEP DEITIES               ,,,,##,,##
#,#,#,#,##               THE BLACKBIRD              ,,,#,#,#,,
########,,                 SOLIPSISM                ,,######,#
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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 ,##,,#,,,#
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