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#.#.#.#.#. SLEEP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF  THE .#..#.#.#.
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#.#.#.#.#. TO  VISIT  FRIENDS  AND  OTHER  ANIMALS. .#.##.#.#.
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#.#.#.#.#. DEEPER  THAN  DEATH IS  TO BE ALIVE  AND .#.##.#.#.
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#.#.#.#.#.             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 .#.##.#.#.
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#.#.#.#.#. IF  YOU WISH TO MEASURE SLEEP, USE THESE .#..#.#.#.
#.#.#.#.#.    FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS,    .#.##.#.#.
#.#.#.#.#.    OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION.   .#..#.#.#.
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#.#.#.#.#.                  ~~^^~~                  .#.##.#.#.
#.#.#.#.#.             ... SEE ALSO ...             .#..#.#.#.
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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 .#.##.#.#.
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#.#.#.#.#. 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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