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#,,,,,##,, WHILE. IF  YOU CAN DREAM, YOU  ALSO  GET #,,#,#,#,,
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#,,,,,,,,,             AND REJUVENATING.            ,##,##,,#,
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,,###,,,,# IF  YOU WISH TO MEASURE SLEEP, USE THESE #,###,,,,,
,#,,#,,,##    FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS,    ##,,#,,,,,
##,##,,#,#   OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION.    ,#,##,,,,,
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##,#,#,,#, REVITALIZATION GOES FROM  A  FEELING  OF #######,#,
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#,,#,,,#,, LONELINESS, HOLDING  A KIND  OF DILUTION ,#,,,,#,##
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#,,,,,,,,, THAT,  IF  I  DO  NOT  CHOOSE  SLEEP,  I ,##,##,,#,
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