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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.    «.........
........«\                                          \«........
.......«\* 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).      ##§%*\«...
....«\*%§#                                          #§%*\«....
.....«\*%§   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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...«\*%§##                    ..                    ##§%*\«...
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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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