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.,«\**@#@#                                          #@#@**\«,.
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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. ..........
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......,«\* DEEPER  THAN  DEATH IS  TO BE  ALIVE AND *\«,......
.....,«\** ASLEEP. IT IS DEATH  IF IT WAS TEMPORARY **\«,.....
....,«\**@            AND REJUVENATING.             @**\«,....
...,«\**@#                                          #@**\«,...
..,«\**@#@                  ..,,..                  @#@**\«,..
.,«\**@#@#                                          #@#@**\«,.
..,«\**@#@ 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).      \«,.......
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.........,   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).                 #@**\«,...
..,«\**@#@                                          @#@**\«,..
.,«\**@#@#                    ,,                    #@#@**\«,.
..,«\**@#@                                          @#@**\«,..
...,«\**@# 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 ...            **\«,.....
....,«\**@                  ,,««,,                  @**\«,....
...,«\**@#                                          #@**\«,...
..,«\**@#@ 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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