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,,=:†$#¶@#                                          #@¶#$†:=,,
,,=:†$#¶@#                  ==::==                  #@¶#$†:=,,
,,,,,=†#¶@               ,,, SLEEP ,,,              @¶#†=,,,,,
,,=:†$#¶@#                  ,,==,,                  #@¶#$†:=,,
,,,,,,:†#¶                                          ¶#†:,,,,,,
,,,,,:$#¶@ SLEEP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF  THE @¶#$:,,,,,
,,,,=††$#¶ DAY.  SLEEP  IS  SAYING  GOODBYE  FOR  A ¶#$††=,,,,
,,=:†$#¶@@ WHILE.  IF YOU  CAN DREAM, YOU ALSO  GET @@¶#$†:=,,
,,====†$$# TO  VISIT  FRIENDS  AND  OTHER  ANIMALS. #$$†====,,
,,,==:†$#¶                                          ¶#$†:==,,,
,,=:†$#¶##                  ,,,,,,                  ##¶#$†:=,,
,,,,,,:††#                                          #††:,,,,,,
,,=:†$#¶@# DEEPER THAN  DEATH  IS  TO BE ALIVE  AND #@¶#$†:=,,
,,=:†$#¶@# ASLEEP. IT IS  DEATH IF IT WAS TEMPORARY #@¶#$†:=,,
,,,,==†$##            AND REJUVENATING.             ##$†==,,,,
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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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,,=:†$#¶@#                  ,,,,,,                  #@¶#$†:=,,
,,,,,,,:†#                                          #†:,,,,,,,
,,=:†$#¶@@ WHEN  YOU SLEEP ALL SOUND  IS  INTERNAL. @@¶#$†:=,,
,,=:†$#### WHEN  YOU  SLEEP  YOUR  BRAIN   SHRINKS. ####$†:=,,
,,=:†$#@##                                          ##@#$†:=,,
,,:†$#¶@##                  ,,,,,,                  ##@¶#$†:,,
,,=:†$#¶@#                                          #@¶#$†:=,,
,,,,,,:††# 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 @##†:=,,,,
,,=:†$#¶##      TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT).       ##¶#$†:=,,
,,,,,,:†$#                                          #$†:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:$¶   OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE    ¶$:,,,,,,,
,,=:†$#¶¶@  COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL  @¶¶#$†:=,,
,,=:†$¶@## DREAM  AMOUNTS  (MIDDLE)  TO  NO  DREAMS ##@¶$†:=,,
,,,,,,::$¶                 (RIGHT).                 ¶$::,,,,,,
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,,=:†$#¶@# REVITALIZATION GOES  FROM  A  FEELING OF #@¶#$†:=,,
,,=:†$##¶@ NOT HAVING  SLEPT AT ALL (LEFT) TO BEING @¶##$†:=,,
,,=:†$#¶@# FULL  OF  ENERGY   AND   MAYBE  OPTIMISM #@¶#$†:=,,
,,=:†$#¶@@                 (RIGHT).                 @@¶#$†:=,,
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,,=:†$$###                                          ###$$†:=,,
,,=:†$#¶@# HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS AND  HIGH  GRIP IS #@¶#$†:=,,
,,=:†$#¶@#     A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.      #@¶#$†:=,,
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,,,,=:†$##                  ==::==                  ##$†:=,,,,
,,=:†$#¶@#             ,,, SEE ALSO ,,,             #@¶#$†:=,,
,,=:†$#¶##                  ,,==,,                  ##¶#$†:=,,
,,=:†$#¶¶¶                                          ¶¶¶#$†:=,,
,=:†$#¶@##              SLEEP DEITIES               ##@¶#$†:=,
,,=:†$#¶@#              THE BLACKBIRD               #@¶#$†:=,,
,,=:†$#¶@#                SOLIPSISM                 #@¶#$†:=,,
,,=:†$#¶@#                                          #@¶#$†:=,,
,,=:†$#¶@#                  ==::==                  #@¶#$†:=,,
,,,,==:$##            ,,, FURTHERMORE ,,,           ##$:==,,,,
,,,==:$$$#                  ,,==,,                  #$$$:==,,,
,,=:†$#¶@#                                          #@¶#$†:=,,
,,,,====†# 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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