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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.    †^=^......
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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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