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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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.........~                  ..~~..                  ~.........
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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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...~=*†§#@                  ..~~..                  @#§†*=~...
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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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.......~=*                  ..~~..                  *=~.......
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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).             #§†*=~....
...~=*†§#@                                          @#§†*=~...
..~=*†§#@#     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).                 *=~.......
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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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