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. 
                                          
                                    
                                          
 DEEPER THAN  DEATH IS  TO  BE  ALIVE AND 
 ASLEEP. IT IS  DEATH IF IT WAS TEMPORARY 
             AND REJUVENATING.            
                                          
                                    
                                          
 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.          
                                          
                                    
                                          
 WHEN YOU SLEEP  ALL  SOUND  IS INTERNAL. 
 WHEN  YOU  SLEEP  YOUR  BRAIN   SHRINKS. 
                                          
                                    
                                          
 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).      
                                          
    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).                 
                                          
                                        
                                          
 HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS AND  HIGH GRIP  IS 
      A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.     
                                          
                                    
              SEE ALSO              
                                    
                                          
               SLEEP DEITIES              
              THE BLACKBIRD               
                 SOLIPSISM                
                                          
                                    
             FURTHERMORE            
                                    
                                          
 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.