.,,~~\\\†&                                          &†\\\~~,,.
....,\\\&#                                          #&\\\,....
.,~\†&&&##                                          ##&&&†\~,.
.,~\†&&###                                          ###&&†\~,.
...,,\†&##                                          ##&†\,,...
.,~\†&&###                  ~~\\~~                  ###&&†\~,.
.,~\†&&###               ... 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.          &†~.......
.,~\†&####                                          ####&†\~,.
....,,\†&&                                          &&†\,,....
.,~\†&&###                                          ###&&†\~,.
....,\††&#                                          #&††\,....
.....~~†&#                                          #&†~~.....
.....~~†&#                                          #&†~~.....