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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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..--†$$@##                  ..--..                  ##@$$†--..
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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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...--†$$@#                  ..--..                  #@$$†--...
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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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...--†$$@#    OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE   #@$$†--...
..--†$$@##  COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL  ##@$$†--..
.--†$$@### DREAM  AMOUNTS  (MIDDLE)  TO  NO  DREAMS ###@$$†--.
..--†$$@##                 (RIGHT).                 ##@$$†--..
...--†$$@#                                          #@$$†--...
....--†$$@ REVITALIZATION  GOES  FROM  A FEELING OF @$$†--....
.....--†$$ NOT HAVING SLEPT AT ALL  (LEFT) TO BEING $$†--.....
......--†$ 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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