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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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.,==**#@##                  ..,,..                  ##@#**==,.
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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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...,==**#@                  ..,,..                  @#**==,...
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.,==**#@## WHEN YOU SLEEP  ALL  SOUND  IS INTERNAL. ##@#**==,.
..,==**#@# WHEN   YOU  SLEEP  YOUR  BRAIN  SHRINKS. #@#**==,..
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....,==**#                  ..,,..                  #**==,....
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......,==* IF YOU  WISH TO MEASURE SLEEP, USE THESE *==,......
.....,==**    FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS,    **==,.....
....,==**#    OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION.   #**==,....
...,==**#@                                          @#**==,...
..,==**#@# GRIP GOES FROM NOT  BEING ABLE TO LET GO #@#**==,..
.,==**#@## ALL   DAY  (LEFT)   TO   NOT  CARING  TO ##@#**==,.
..,==**#@#             REMEMBER (RIGHT).            #@#**==,..
...,==**#@                                          @#**==,...
....,==**#     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 #@#**==,..
.,==**#@##                 (RIGHT).                 ##@#**==,.
..,==**#@#                                          #@#**==,..
...,==**#@ 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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....,==**#                    ,,                    #**==,....
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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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