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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 #.#.#.#.#.
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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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