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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).                 @@$%†~^...
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.....^~†%$ 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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