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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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..:~†%%#@#                  ..::..                  #@#%%†~:..
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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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