@$$=~^,,,,                                          ,,,,^~=$$@
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@$$=~^,,,,                                          ,,,,^~=$$@
#@$$=~^,,,                                          ,,,^~=$$@#
##@$$=~^,,                                          ,,^~=$$@##
###@$$=~^,                  ~~==~~                  ,^~=$$@###
##@$$=~^,,               ,,, sleep ,,,              ,,^~=$$@##
#@$$=~^,,,                  ^^~~^^                  ,,,^~=$$@#
@$$=~^,,,,                                          ,,,,^~=$$@
$$=~^,,,,, sleep is the most important meal  of the ,,,,,^~=$$
@$$=~^,,,, day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a ,,,,^~=$$@
#@$$=~^,,, while. if  you can  dream,  you also get ,,,^~=$$@#
##@$$=~^,, to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. ,,^~=$$@##
###@$$=~^,                                          ,^~=$$@###
##@$$=~^,,                  ,,^^,,                  ,,^~=$$@##
#@$$=~^,,,                                          ,,,^~=$$@#
@$$=~^,,,, deeper  than  death  is  to be alive and ,,,,^~=$$@
$$=~^,,,,, asleep. it is death if  it was temporary ,,,,,^~=$$
@$$=~^,,,,             and rejuvenating.            ,,,,^~=$$@
#@$$=~^,,,                                          ,,,^~=$$@#
##@$$=~^,,                  ,,^^,,                  ,,^~=$$@##
###@$$=~^,                                          ,^~=$$@###
##@$$=~^,, sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of ,,^~=$$@##
#@$$=~^,,, which there  is nothing.  inside is  all ,,,^~=$$@#
@$$=~^,,,, the   stars   and   in  the   middle   a ,,,,^~=$$@
$$=~^,,,,, black lake.  at  the foot of  this  lake ,,,,,^~=$$
@$$=~^,,,,           stands an old friend.          ,,,,^~=$$@
#@$$=~^,,,                                          ,,,^~=$$@#
##@$$=~^,,                  ,,^^,,                  ,,^~=$$@##
###@$$=~^,                                          ,^~=$$@###
##@$$=~^,, when you sleep all  sound  is  internal. ,,^~=$$@##
#@$$=~^,,, when  you  sleep  your  brain   shrinks. ,,,^~=$$@#
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$$=~^,,,,,                  ,,^^,,                  ,,,,,^~=$$
@$$=~^,,,,                                          ,,,,^~=$$@
#@$$=~^,,, if you wish to  measure sleep, use these ,,,^~=$$@#
##@$$=~^,,    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    ,,^~=$$@##
###@$$=~^,   otherworldiness and revitalization.    ,^~=$$@###
##@$$=~^,,                                          ,,^~=$$@##
#@$$=~^,,, grip goes from  not being able to let go ,,,^~=$$@#
@$$=~^,,,, all  day  (left)   to   not  caring   to ,,,,^~=$$@
$$=~^,,,,,            remember (right).             ,,,,,^~=$$
@$$=~^,,,,                                          ,,,,^~=$$@
#@$$=~^,,,     deepness goes from being several     ,,,^~=$$@#
##@$$=~^,, hundred meters  down  (left)  to  barely ,,^~=$$@##
###@$$=~^,      touching the surface (right).       ,^~=$$@###
##@$$=~^,,                                          ,,^~=$$@##
#@$$=~^,,,    otherworldliness goes from a single   ,,,^~=$$@#
@$$=~^,,,,  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  ,,,,^~=$$@
$$=~^,,,,, dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams ,,,,,^~=$$
@$$=~^,,,,                 (right).                 ,,,,^~=$$@
#@$$=~^,,,                                          ,,,^~=$$@#
##@$$=~^,, revitalization  goes from  a feeling  of ,,^~=$$@##
###@$$=~^, not having slept  at all (left) to being ,^~=$$@###
##@$$=~^,, full   of  energy  and  maybe   optimism ,,^~=$$@##
#@$$=~^,,,                 (right).                 ,,,^~=$$@#
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$$=~^,,,,,                    ^^                    ,,,,,^~=$$
@$$=~^,,,,                                          ,,,,^~=$$@
#@$$=~^,,, high  otherworldliness  and high grip is ,,,^~=$$@#
##@$$=~^,,      a particularly effective combo.     ,,^~=$$@##
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##@$$=~^,,                  ~~==~~                  ,,^~=$$@##
#@$$=~^,,,             ,,, see also ,,,             ,,,^~=$$@#
@$$=~^,,,,                  ^^~~^^                  ,,,,^~=$$@
$$=~^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^~=$$
@$$=~^,,,,              sleep deities               ,,,,^~=$$@
#@$$=~^,,,               the blackbird              ,,,^~=$$@#
##@$$=~^,,                solipsism                 ,,^~=$$@##
###@$$=~^,                                          ,^~=$$@###
##@$$=~^,,                  ~~==~~                  ,,^~=$$@##
#@$$=~^,,,           ,,, furthermore ,,,            ,,,^~=$$@#
@$$=~^,,,,                  ^^~~^^                  ,,,,^~=$$@
$$=~^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^~=$$
@$$=~^,,,, this  is  still  a  place: here, in  the ,,,,^~=$$@
#@$$=~^,,, silence,   darkness  and  night  -   and ,,,^~=$$@#
##@$$=~^,, loneliness, holding a kind  of  dilution ,,^~=$$@##
###@$$=~^, of  reality,   and  suddenly   it's  not ,^~=$$@###
##@$$=~^,, important that  i  lie  in  my bed,  the ,,^~=$$@##
#@$$=~^,,, lack  of  presence   brings  the  notion ,,,^~=$$@#
@$$=~^,,,, that,  if  i  do  not  choose  sleep,  i ,,,,^~=$$@
$$=~^,,,,,    choose past, future, something with   ,,,,,^~=$$
@$$=~^,,,, more  substance   than   the  objects  i ,,,,^~=$$@
#@$$=~^,,,           surround myself with.          ,,,^~=$$@#
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###@$$=~^,                                          ,^~=$$@###
##@$$=~^,,                                          ,,^~=$$@##
#@$$=~^,,,                                          ,,,^~=$$@#
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