,,,,.::^@@ @@^::.,,,,
,.=:::^¤@@ @@¤^:::=.,
,.=:^¤¤@## ##@¤¤^:=.,
,,,...=:¤@ @¤:=...,,,
,.=:^¤@### ###@¤^:=.,
,,,,,=^^¤@ ==::== @¤^^=,,,,,
,,,,==^^^@ ,,, 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. ###@¤^:=.,
,,,=::¤@@# #@@¤::=,,,
,,,.:^^@@# #@@^^:.,,,
,.=:^¤@### ###@¤^:=.,
,,,,..=^@# #@^=..,,,,
,,,,.:¤¤¤# #¤¤¤:.,,,,
,.=:^¤@### ###@¤^:=.,