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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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.,=†$§@### DEEPER THAN DEATH  IS  TO  BE ALIVE  AND ###@§$†=,.
.....,†^§# 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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.,=†^$§@##     DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL     ##@§$^†=,.
.,=†^$@### HUNDRED  METERS DOWN  (LEFT)  TO  BARELY ###@$^†=,.
.,=†^$§@##      TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT).       ##@§$^†=,.
.,=†^$§@##                                          ##@§$^†=,.
.,=†^$§@##    OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE   ##@§$^†=,.
...==^$§§@  COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL  @§§$^==...
.....=^§§# DREAM  AMOUNTS  (MIDDLE)  TO  NO  DREAMS #§§^=.....
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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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