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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 @@@£§*†~,.
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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 ###£§*†~,.
.,~†§£@### 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 ££§***†~,.
.,~†*§£@##      A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.     ##@£§*†~,.
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.,~†*§£@##             ... SEE ALSO ...             ##@£§*†~,.
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.,~†*§£@##              SLEEP DEITIES               ##@£§*†~,.
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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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