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,,~†%§#@##                                          ##@#§%†~,,
,,~†%§#@##                  ~~††~~                  ##@#§%†~,,
,,~†%§#@##               ,,, SLEEP ,,,              ##@#§%†~,,
,,,,,~%#@@                  ,,~~,,                  @@#%~,,,,,
,,~†%%%###                                          ###%%%†~,,
,,~†%§@### 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.           ##@#§%†~,,
,,~†%§#@##                                          ##@#§%†~,,
,,~†%§§#@#                                          #@#§§%†~,,
,,,~†%%#@@                                          @@#%%†~,,,
,,,,~%%###                                          ###%%~,,,,
,,~†%%§##@                                          @##§%%†~,,
,,~†%§#@##                                          ##@#§%†~,,