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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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