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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.    ##@@@%/«,.
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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     ##@/«««...
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.,«/%@####      TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT).       ####@%/«,.
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.,«/%@####  COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL  ####@%/«,.
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....,«%### REVITALIZATION  GOES FROM  A  FEELING OF ###%«,....
.,«/%@#### NOT HAVING SLEPT  AT ALL (LEFT) TO BEING ####@%/«,.
.,«/%@@@## FULL  OF   ENERGY  AND  MAYBE   OPTIMISM ##@@@%/«,.
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.,«/%@#### HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS AND HIGH  GRIP  IS ####@%/«,.
.,«/%@####      A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.     ####@%/«,.
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.,«/%@@@##              SLEEP DEITIES               ##@@@%/«,.
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.,«/%@####                 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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