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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. ,,,,:/**@#
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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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**/:,,,,,,                  ,,::,,                  ,,,,,,:/**
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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).       ,,,,,,,:/*
**/:,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,:/**
@**/:,,,,,   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 ,,,             ,,,,,,,:/*
**/:,,,,,,                  ::»»::                  ,,,,,,:/**
@**/:,,,,,                                          ,,,,,:/**@
#@**/:,,,,              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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