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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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......~†$#     DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL     #$†~......
.:~†$$$@@@ HUNDRED  METERS  DOWN (LEFT)  TO  BARELY @@@$$$†~:.
.:~†$$$$##       TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT).      ##$$$$†~:.
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.:~†$$####   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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