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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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........^= 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.    @†==^.....
....^==†@#                                          #@†==^....
...^==†@## 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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