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.........: 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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......:=†% 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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.....:=†%* 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 ##££*%†=:.
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......:=†% HIGH  OTHERWORLDLINESS AND HIGH  GRIP IS %†=:......
.......:=†      A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.     †=:.......
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.......:=†              SLEEP DEITIES               †=:.......
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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 :.........
........:=           SURROUND MYSELF WITH.          =:........
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