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