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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.            ¶%†:,,,,,,
,:~†^%#¶##                                          ##¶#%^†~:,
,,:::†%%%#                  ,,::,,                  #%%%†:::,,
,,,~~~†^##                                          ##^†~~~,,,
,:~†^%#¶## 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.           ¶%%^^†::,,
,:~†^%#¶##                                          ##¶#%^†~:,
,:~†^%##¶#                  ,,::,,                  #¶##%^†~:,
,:::~†%###                                          ###%†~:::,
,:~†^%#¶## WHEN YOU  SLEEP  ALL SOUND IS  INTERNAL. ##¶#%^†~:,
,:~†^%#### WHEN   YOU  SLEEP  YOUR  BRAIN  SHRINKS. ####%^†~:,
,:~†^%#¶##                                          ##¶#%^†~:,
,:~††^%###                  ,,::,,                  ###%^††~:,
,,,,::††^#                                          #^††::,,,,
,:~†^%#¶## 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).                 #¶¶#%^†~:,
,:~†^%####                                          ####%^†~:,
,,,::†††%#                    ::                    #%†††::,,,
,:~†^%##¶#                                          #¶##%^†~:,
,,:::~~~^# HIGH  OTHERWORLDLINESS  AND HIGH GRIP IS #^~~~:::,,
,:~†^%####      A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.     ####%^†~:,
,,,,,,~^^#                                          #^^~,,,,,,
,,,,,,~†^#                  ~~††~~                  #^†~,,,,,,
,:~†^%#¶##             ,,, SEE ALSO ,,,             ##¶#%^†~:,
,:~†^#¶###                  ::~~::                  ###¶#^†~:,
,:~†^%#¶##                                          ##¶#%^†~:,
,:~†^%#¶##               SLEEP DEITIES              ##¶#%^†~:,
,:~†^%#¶##               THE BLACKBIRD              ##¶#%^†~:,
,,,,,,~^%¶                SOLIPSISM                 ¶%^~,,,,,,
,:~†^%#¶##                                          ##¶#%^†~:,
,,,,,:†%#¶                  ~~††~~                  ¶#%†:,,,,,
,:†^%#¶###            ,,, 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.           ##¶#%^†~:,
,:~†^#¶###                                          ###¶#^†~:,
,,,,,::†%#                                          #%†::,,,,,
,,,~~^^#¶¶                                          ¶¶#^^~~,,,
,:~†^%#¶##                                          ##¶#%^†~:,
,,,,:†††%¶                                          ¶%†††:,,,,
,:~†^%####                                          ####%^†~:,