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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.   ..........
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~^........ 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).                 .....^~^=§
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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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