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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. #@§^^,....
.,~^^††###                                          ###††^^~,.
..,~~^^†##                  ..,,..                  ##†^^~~,..
.,~^†§####                                          ####§†^~,.
.,~^†§#@## DEEPER  THAN  DEATH IS  TO BE  ALIVE AND ##@#§†^~,.
..,~^^†#@@ ASLEEP. IT IS DEATH IF IT WAS  TEMPORARY @@#†^^~,..
....~^^§##             AND REJUVENATING.            ##§^^~....
.,~^†§#@@#                                          #@@#§†^~,.
.,~^†§§###                  ..,,..                  ###§§†^~,.
.,~^††§#@#                                          #@#§††^~,.
.,~^†§#@## 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.          ###@§†^~,.
.,~^†§##@@                                          @@##§†^~,.
.,~^†§#@@@                  ..,,..                  @@@#§†^~,.
..,,,^†§@@                                          @@§†^,,,..
.,~~~~~^§# WHEN YOU SLEEP ALL  SOUND  IS  INTERNAL. #§^~~~~~,.
.,~^†§@### WHEN  YOU  SLEEP  YOUR  BRAIN   SHRINKS. ###@§†^~,.
.,~^†§#@@@                                          @@@#§†^~,.
....,^†††#                  ..,,..                  #†††^,....
.....,~^§@                                          @§^~,.....
.,~^†§#@## 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).             ##@#§†^~,.
.,~^^^^§@@                                          @@§^^^^~,.
.,~^†§#@##     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).                 ##@#§†^~,.
.,,,^^††#@                                          @#††^^,,,.
...,,^^§##                    ,,                    ##§^^,,...
.,~~~††#@@                                          @@#††~~~,.
.,~^†§#@## HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS  AND HIGH GRIP  IS ##@#§†^~,.
.,~^†§#@##      A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.     ##@#§†^~,.
.,~^†§#@##                                          ##@#§†^~,.
.,~^†§#@##                  ~~^^~~                  ##@#§†^~,.
....,,^§§#             ... SEE ALSO ...             #§§^,,....
.,~^†§##@@                  ,,~~,,                  @@##§†^~,.
.....,^§##                                          ##§^,.....
.,~^†§####               SLEEP DEITIES              ####§†^~,.
.,~^†§#@##               THE BLACKBIRD              ##@#§†^~,.
.,~^†§#@##                 SOLIPSISM                ##@#§†^~,.
.....~†§#@                                          @#§†~.....
.,^†§#@###                  ~~^^~~                  ###@#§†^,.
.,~~~†§§#@            ... FURTHERMORE ...           @#§§†~~~,.
.,~^†§#@##                  ,,~~,,                  ##@#§†^~,.
.,~^†§#@##                                          ##@#§†^~,.
.,~^†§#@## 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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