,,~:§%@### ###@%§:~,,
,,,~:§%@## ##@%§:~,,,
,,,,~:§%@# #@%§:~,,,,
,,,,,~:§%@ @%§:~,,,,,
,,,,,,~:§% %§:~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~:§ ~~::~~ §:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~:§% ,,, 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. @%§:~,,,,,
,,,,,,~:§% %§:~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~:§ §:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~:§% %§:~,,,,,,
,,,,,~:§%@ @%§:~,,,,,
,,,,~:§%@# #@%§:~,,,,
,,,~:§%@## ##@%§:~,,,