SLEEP               
                                    
                                          
 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. 
                                          
                                    
                                          
 DEEPER  THAN  DEATH  IS  TO BE ALIVE AND 
 ASLEEP. IT IS DEATH IF IT WAS  TEMPORARY 
            AND REJUVENATING.             
                                          
                                    
                                          
 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.           
                                          
                                    
                                          
 WHEN  YOU SLEEP ALL  SOUND  IS INTERNAL. 
 WHEN  YOU   SLEEP  YOUR  BRAIN  SHRINKS. 
                                          
                                    
                                          
 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).                 
                                          
                                        
                                          
 HIGH  OTHERWORLDLINESS AND HIGH  GRIP IS 
      A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.     
                                          
                                    
              SEE ALSO              
                                    
                                          
              SLEEP DEITIES               
              THE BLACKBIRD               
                SOLIPSISM                 
                                          
                                    
             FURTHERMORE            
                                    
                                          
 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.