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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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..,,,~**&&                  ..,,..                  &&**~,,,..
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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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.,~†**&@##                  ..,,..                  ##@&**†~,.
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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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.,~~†***&@                  ..,,..                  @&***†~~,.
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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).             ###&**†~,.
.,~†**&#@@                                          @@#&**†~,.
...,~†**&&     DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL     &&**†~,...
.,~†****&@ HUNDRED  METERS DOWN  (LEFT)  TO  BARELY @&****†~,.
.,~†**&#@#       TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT).      #@#&**†~,.
.,~†**&#@#                                          #@#&**†~,.
.,~†**&#@@    OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE   @@#&**†~,.
.,~†**&###  COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL  ###&**†~,.
....,†*&#@ DREAM  AMOUNTS  (MIDDLE)  TO  NO  DREAMS @#&*†,....
.,~†**&#@#                 (RIGHT).                 #@#&**†~,.
....~**&&#                                          #&&**~....
....,,,~*& 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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.,~†**#@##                    ,,                    ##@#**†~,.
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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                @&&*~~,...
.,~†**&#@#                                          #@#&**†~,.
.,~~††*&&&                  ~~††~~                  &&&*††~~,.
.,~†**&#@#           ... FURTHERMORE ...            #@#&**†~,.
.,~†**&###                  ,,~~,,                  ###&**†~,.
.,~†**&#@#                                          #@#&**†~,.
.,~†**&#@@ 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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