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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).             ¤†:=......
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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 #£¤†:=....
...=:†¤£##                 (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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