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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. $%^=^.....
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.........^ DEEPER THAN DEATH  IS  TO  BE  ALIVE AND ^.........
.......... ASLEEP. IT IS  DEATH IF IT WAS TEMPORARY ..........
.........^             AND REJUVENATING.            ^.........
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.....^=^%$ 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. $%^=^.....
......^=^% WHEN   YOU  SLEEP  YOUR  BRAIN  SHRINKS. %^=^......
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.......... IF YOU WISH TO MEASURE SLEEP,  USE THESE ..........
.........^    FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS,    ^.........
........^=    OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION.   =^........
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......^=^% GRIP  GOES FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO LET GO %^=^......
.....^=^%$ 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).       #£&$%^=^..
...^=^%$&£                                          £&$%^=^...
....^=^%$&    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               $%^=^.....
......^=^%              THE BLACKBIRD               %^=^......
.......^=^                SOLIPSISM                 ^=^.......
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.......^=^ THIS  IS STILL  A  PLACE:  HERE, IN  THE ^=^.......
......^=^% SILENCE,   DARKNESS  AND  NIGHT   -  AND %^=^......
.....^=^%$ 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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