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,,,,,~:†$#                                          #$†:~,,,,,
,,,,,,~:†$                  ~~::~~                  $†:~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~:†               ,,, sleep ,,,              †:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~:                  ,,~~,,                  :~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~                                          ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, sleep is the most important meal  of the ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, while.  if  you can dream,  you also get ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~:                                          :~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~:†                  ,,,,,,                  †:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~:†$                                          $†:~,,,,,,
,,,,,~:†$# deeper  than  death is  to be  alive and #$†:~,,,,,
,,,,~:†$## asleep. it is death if it  was temporary ##$†:~,,,,
,,,~:†$###            and rejuvenating.             ###$†:~,,,
,,~:†$####                                          ####$†:~,,
,,,~:†$###                  ,,,,,,                  ###$†:~,,,
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,,,,,~:†$# sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of #$†:~,,,,,
,,,,,,~:†$ which there is  nothing. inside  is  all $†:~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~:† the   stars  and   in   the   middle   a †:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~: black lake. at  the  foot  of this  lake :~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~          stands an old friend.           ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ when  you  sleep all sound  is internal. ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~: when  you  sleep  your   brain  shrinks. :~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~:†                                          †:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~:†$                  ,,,,,,                  $†:~,,,,,,
,,,,,~:†$#                                          #$†:~,,,,,
,,,,~:†$## 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).                 ####$†:~,,
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,,,,,~:†$#                                          #$†:~,,,,,
,,,,,,~:†$ 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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