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.:«:*$$$$@ SLEEP IS THE MOST  IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE @$$$$*:«:.
.:«:*$@@@@ DAY.  SLEEP  IS  SAYING  GOODBYE  FOR  A @@@@$*:«:.
.:«:*$@@@# WHILE.  IF YOU CAN  DREAM, YOU ALSO  GET #@@@$*:«:.
.:«:*$@@@# TO  VISIT  FRIENDS  AND  OTHER  ANIMALS. #@@@$*:«:.
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......«*$@ DEEPER  THAN DEATH IS  TO  BE  ALIVE AND @$*«......
.:«:*$@### ASLEEP. IT IS DEATH IF IT  WAS TEMPORARY ###@$*:«:.
.:«:*$@###            AND REJUVENATING.             ###@$*:«:.
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......«**@ SLEEP  IS  A  BLACK  MARBLE  OUTSIDE  OF @**«......
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......::$@ THE   STARS   AND  IN   THE   MIDDLE   A @$::......
....«**@@@ BLACK LAKE.  AT  THE  FOOT OF  THIS LAKE @@@**«....
.....«*$@#           STANDS AN OLD FRIEND.          #@$*«.....
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.....:«*@# WHEN  YOU SLEEP ALL  SOUND IS  INTERNAL. #@*«:.....
.:««:***$@ WHEN  YOU  SLEEP  YOUR   BRAIN  SHRINKS. @$***:««:.
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.:«:*$@@@# IF YOU WISH TO MEASURE  SLEEP, USE THESE #@@@$*:«:.
.:«:*$@###    FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS,    ###@$*:«:.
.:«:*$@###    OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION.   ###@$*:«:.
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.:«:*@#### GRIP GOES FROM  NOT BEING ABLE TO LET GO ####@*:«:.
.:«:*$@### ALL   DAY   (LEFT)  TO  NOT   CARING  TO ###@$*:«:.
.:«:*$$$$#            REMEMBER (RIGHT).             #$$$$*:«:.
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.:«:*$@###     DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL     ###@$*:«:.
.:«:*$@### HUNDRED METERS  DOWN  (LEFT)  TO  BARELY ###@$*:«:.
.:«:*$@###      TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT).       ###@$*:«:.
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.:«:*$@###    OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE   ###@$*:«:.
....«**$$#  COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL  #$$**«....
.....«:$## DREAM  AMOUNTS  (MIDDLE)  TO  NO  DREAMS ##$:«.....
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.::««:*$@# REVITALIZATION GOES  FROM A  FEELING  OF #@$*:««::.
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.:«:*$@### FULL   OF   ENERGY  AND  MAYBE  OPTIMISM ###@$*:«:.
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.:«:*$@###     A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.      ###@$*:«:.
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.:«:*$@###               THE BLACKBIRD              ###@$*:«:.
.:«:*$@###                 SOLIPSISM                ###@$*:«:.
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.:«:*$@###            ... FURTHERMORE ...           ###@$*:«:.
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.:«:*$@### THIS  IS  STILL  A PLACE:  HERE,  IN THE ###@$*:«:.
....::*$$@ 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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