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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. ##¶@*†=^..
...^=†*@¶#                                          #¶@*†=^...
....^=†*@¶                  ..^^..                  ¶@*†=^....
.....^=†*@                                          @*†=^.....
......^=†* 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).            ###¶@*†=^.
..^=†*@¶##                                          ##¶@*†=^..
...^=†*@¶#     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).                 @*†=^.....
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.....^=†*@                    ^^                    @*†=^.....
....^=†*@¶                                          ¶@*†=^....
...^=†*@¶# HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS  AND HIGH GRIP  IS #¶@*†=^...
..^=†*@¶##     A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.      ##¶@*†=^..
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..^=†*@¶##                  ==††==                  ##¶@*†=^..
...^=†*@¶#             ... SEE ALSO ...             #¶@*†=^...
....^=†*@¶                  ^^==^^                  ¶@*†=^....
.....^=†*@                                          @*†=^.....
......^=†*               SLEEP DEITIES              *†=^......
.....^=†*@              THE BLACKBIRD               @*†=^.....
....^=†*@¶                SOLIPSISM                 ¶@*†=^....
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..^=†*@¶##                  ==††==                  ##¶@*†=^..
.^=†*@¶###            ... 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.          #¶@*†=^...
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