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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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.^«†%$####                  ..^^..                  ####$%†«^.
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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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.^«†%$@###                  ..^^..                  ###@$%†«^.
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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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.^«†%$@###                  ..^^..                  ###@$%†«^.
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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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