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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.    ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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§$$=«~,,,,                  ««==««                  ,,,,~«=$$§
@§$$=«~,,,           ,,, FURTHERMORE ,,,            ,,,~«=$$§@
#@§$$=«~,,                  ~~««~~                  ,,~«=$$§@#
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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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