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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).            *†^~,.....
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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).                 ¶§*†^~,...
..,~^†*§¶#                                          #¶§*†^~,..
.,~^†*§¶##                    ,,                    ##¶§*†^~,.
..,~^†*§¶#                                          #¶§*†^~,..
...,~^†*§¶ 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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