,,,=:=*@@# #@@*=:=,,,
,,,,=:=*@@ @@*=:=,,,,
,,,,,=:=*@ @*=:=,,,,,
,,,,,,=:=* *=:=,,,,,,
,,,,,=:=*@ @*=:=,,,,,
,,,,=:=*@@ ==::== @@*=:=,,,,
,,,=:=*@@# ,,, 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. *=:=,,,,,,
,,,,,=:=*@ @*=:=,,,,,
,,,,=:=*@@ @@*=:=,,,,
,,,=:=*@@# #@@*=:=,,,
,,=:=*@@## ##@@*=:=,,
,,,=:=*@@# #@@*=:=,,,
,,,,=:=*@@ @@*=:=,,,,