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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     @£%†~.....
....~†%£@# 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).                 £%†~......
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........~† REVITALIZATION  GOES FROM  A FEELING  OF †~........
.........~ NOT HAVING  SLEPT AT ALL (LEFT) TO BEING ~.........
.......... FULL   OF   ENERGY  AND  MAYBE  OPTIMISM ..........
.........~                 (RIGHT).                 ~.........
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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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