,:~†$¤§£@#                                          #@£§¤$†~:,
,,:~†$¤§£@                                          @£§¤$†~:,,
,,,:~†$¤§£                                          £§¤$†~:,,,
,,,,:~†$¤§                                          §¤$†~:,,,,
,,,,,:~†$¤                                          ¤$†~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†$                  ~~††~~                  $†~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~†               ,,, sleep ,,,              †~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~                  ::~~::                  ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,:                                          :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, sleep is the  most important meal of the ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, while.  if  you can dream, you  also get ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~                                          ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~†                  ,,::,,                  †~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†$                                          $†~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~†$¤ 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.          §¤$†~:,,,,
,,,,,:~†$¤                                          ¤$†~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†$                                          $†~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~†                                          †~:,,,,,,,
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