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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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