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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. #£§*%*=~..
.~=*%*§£##                                          ##£§*%*=~.
..~=*%*§£#                  ..~~..                  #£§*%*=~..
...~=*%*§£                                          £§*%*=~...
....~=*%*§ 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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......~=*% 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).      ..........
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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).                 £§*%*=~...
..~=*%*§£#                                          #£§*%*=~..
.~=*%*§£##                    ~~                    ##£§*%*=~.
..~=*%*§£#                                          #£§*%*=~..
...~=*%*§£ 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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