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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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.....:«**@                  ..::..                  @**«:.....
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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).             ¶#@**«:...
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.....:«**@     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).                 @¶#@**«:..
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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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...:«**@#¶                    ::                    ¶#@**«:...
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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                 @¶#@**«:..
.:«**@#¶@#                                          #@¶#@**«:.
..:«**@#¶@                  ««**««                  @¶#@**«:..
...:«**@#¶            ... 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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