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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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........:= 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).             ##@#£†==:.
..:==†£#@#                                          #@#£†==:..
...:==†£#@     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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