,,,,,=§§§@                                          @§§§=,,,,,
,~=†§&@###                                          ###@&§†=~,
,,,,~†§§@#                                          #@§§†~,,,,
,~=†§&@###                                          ###@&§†=~,
,,~~==§@##                                          ##@§==~~,,
,~=†§&@###                  ==††==                  ###@&§†=~,
,~=†§&@###               ,,, 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.           ###@&§†=~,
,~=†§&@###                                          ###@&§†=~,
,~=†§&@###                                          ###@&§†=~,
,,,,,,~=§@                                          @§=~,,,,,,
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