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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, ###%^^,...
....===^$# OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION. #$^===....
.,=^$%#@## ##@#%$^=,.
....,==$%@ GRIP GOES FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO LET GO @%$==,....
.,=^$%#### ALL DAY (LEFT) TO NOT CARING TO ####%$^=,.
.,=^$%#@## REMEMBER (RIGHT). ##@#%$^=,.
.,=^$%#@## ##@#%$^=,.
.,=^$%#@## DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL ##@#%$^=,.
..,==$$%## HUNDRED METERS DOWN (LEFT) TO BARELY ##%$$==,..
.,=^$%#@## TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT). ##@#%$^=,.
....,^$$## ##$$^,....
...,,,^$%# OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE #%$^,,,...
.,===$%%## COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL ##%%$===,.
.,=^$%#@## DREAM AMOUNTS (MIDDLE) TO NO DREAMS ##@#%$^=,.
.,=^$%#@## (RIGHT). ##@#%$^=,.
.,=^$%#@## ##@#%$^=,.
..,==^$$%# REVITALIZATION GOES FROM A FEELING OF #%$$^==,..
....,=$$$# NOT HAVING SLEPT AT ALL (LEFT) TO BEING #$$$=,....
,=^$%#@### FULL OF ENERGY AND MAYBE OPTIMISM ###@#%$^=,
.,=^$%#@## (RIGHT). ##@#%$^=,.
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.,=^$%#@## ##@#%$^=,.
.,=^$%#@## HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS AND HIGH GRIP IS ##@#%$^=,.
.,=^$%@### A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO. ###@%$^=,.
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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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