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~^........                  ~~//~~                  ........^~
^.........               ... 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. .........^
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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.    ......^~/*
**/~^.....                                          .....^~/**
@**/~^.... 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).                 .........^
..........                                          ..........
.......... 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 ...             ..^~/**@##
###@**/~^.                  ^^~~^^                  .^~/**@###
##@**/~^..                                          ..^~/**@##
#@**/~^...              sleep deities               ...^~/**@#
@**/~^....              the blackbird               ....^~/**@
**/~^.....                solipsism                 .....^~/**
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/~^.......                  ~~//~~                  .......^~/
~^........           ... 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.           ....^~/**@
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