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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.             #$$$^««...
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.,«^†$#### SLEEP  IS  A  BLACK  MARBLE  OUTSIDE  OF ####$†^«,.
.,«^†$#### WHICH  THERE  IS NOTHING. INSIDE  IS ALL ####$†^«,.
.....,^$## THE   STARS   AND   IN  THE   MIDDLE   A ##$^,.....
.,«^†$#### BLACK LAKE.  AT THE  FOOT OF  THIS  LAKE ####$†^«,.
.,«^^††$##          STANDS AN OLD FRIEND.           ##$††^^«,.
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...«««^††# IF YOU WISH  TO MEASURE SLEEP, USE THESE #††^«««...
....«†$###    FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS,    ###$†«....
.....««^$#   OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION.    #$^««.....
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.,«^†$#### GRIP GOES FROM  NOT BEING ABLE TO LET GO ####$†^«,.
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...,«^†$$#     DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL     #$$†^«,...
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.,«^††$$##    OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE   ##$$††^«,.
.,«^†$####  COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL  ####$†^«,.
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.,«^†$#### REVITALIZATION GOES  FROM  A FEELING  OF ####$†^«,.
....,,^$## NOT HAVING SLEPT  AT ALL (LEFT) TO BEING ##$^,,....
....,«†$## FULL  OF   ENERGY   AND  MAYBE  OPTIMISM ##$†«,....
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......,^$# HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS AND HIGH  GRIP  IS #$^,......
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.,«^†††$##              SLEEP DEITIES               ##$†††^«,.
.,«^†$####               THE BLACKBIRD              ####$†^«,.
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.,«^†$####            ... FURTHERMORE ...           ####$†^«,.
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....,^†### SILENCE,  DARKNESS   AND   NIGHT  -  AND ###†^,....
....,^$$## LONELINESS, HOLDING A KIND  OF  DILUTION ##$$^,....
.,«^†$#### OF  REALITY,   AND  SUDDENLY   IT'S  NOT ####$†^«,.
..,,^††††# IMPORTANT THAT  I  LIE  IN MY  BED,  THE #††††^,,..
...,««††$# LACK  OF  PRESENCE  BRINGS   THE  NOTION #$††««,...
.....«††$# THAT,  IF  I  DO  NOT  CHOOSE  SLEEP,  I #$††«.....
.,«^†$####   CHOOSE PAST, FUTURE, SOMETHING WITH    ####$†^«,.
.,«^†$#### MORE   SUBSTANCE  THAN   THE  OBJECTS  I ####$†^«,.
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