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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 #@***==«,.
.,«=*$@### BLACK LAKE. AT  THE  FOOT OF  THIS  LAKE ###@$*=«,.
.,«=***$##          STANDS AN OLD FRIEND.           ##$***=«,.
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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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.,«=*$@### NOT HAVING SLEPT AT ALL (LEFT) TO  BEING ###@$*=«,.
.,«=*$@### FULL   OF  ENERGY  AND   MAYBE  OPTIMISM ###@$*=«,.
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.,«==**@## HIGH  OTHERWORLDLINESS  AND HIGH GRIP IS ##@**==«,.
.....««*@#     A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.      #@*««.....
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.,«=*$####             ... SEE ALSO ...             ####$*=«,.
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.,«=*$@###              SLEEP DEITIES               ###@$*=«,.
....,===$@               THE BLACKBIRD              @$===,....
.,«=*$@###                 SOLIPSISM                ###@$*=«,.
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.,«=*$@###            ... FURTHERMORE ...           ###@$*=«,.
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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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