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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. ###¤**†=^.
..^=†**¤##                                          ##¤**†=^..
...^=†**¤#                  ..^^..                  #¤**†=^...
....^=†**¤                                          ¤**†=^....
.....^=†** 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.          ###¤**†=^.
..^=†**¤##                                          ##¤**†=^..
...^=†**¤#                  ..^^..                  #¤**†=^...
....^=†**¤                                          ¤**†=^....
.....^=†** 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).            ##¤**†=^..
...^=†**¤#                                          #¤**†=^...
....^=†**¤     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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......^=†* 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                ###¤**†=^.
..^=†**¤##                                          ##¤**†=^..
...^=†**¤#                  ==††==                  #¤**†=^...
....^=†**¤           ... 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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