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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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.....~†### 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 ##††~,....
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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 #@##£†:~,.
.,~:†£##@#      A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.     #@##£†:~,.
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.,~:†£##@#             ... SEE ALSO ...             #@##£†:~,.
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.,~:†£##@#               SLEEP DEITIES              #@##£†:~,.
...~::†£#@               THE BLACKBIRD              @#£†::~...
.,~:†††††#                 SOLIPSISM                #†††††:~,.
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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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