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....:~†%*¶               ... 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. ¶*%†~:....
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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).      *%†~:.....
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...:~†%*¶@    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).                 †~:.......
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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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