,,,,^†%¤¤@                                          @¤¤%†^,,,,
,,~^††%%¤@                                          @¤%%††^~,,
,,~^†¤@###                                          ###@¤†^~,,
,,,,,^††¤@                                          @¤††^,,,,,
,,~^†%¤@##                                          ##@¤%†^~,,
,,,,,,,^†¤                  ~~^^~~                  ¤†^,,,,,,,
,,,,~~~†¤@               ,,, 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.          ##@¤%†^~,,
,,~^†%%%@@                                          @@%%%†^~,,
,,~~~^%%@@                                          @@%%^~~~,,
,,,,,,,^%@                                          @%^,,,,,,,
,,,,,~††%@                                          @%††~,,,,,
,,~^†%¤@##                                          ##@¤%†^~,,
,,,,,^^†%@                                          @%†^^,,,,,