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*†~:,,,,,,              ,,, sleep ,,,               ,,,,,,:~†*
¤*†~:,,,,,                  ::~~::                  ,,,,,:~†*¤
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£¤¤*†~:,,, 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. ,,:~†*¤¤£#
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¤¤*†~:,,,,                  ,,::,,                  ,,,,:~†*¤¤
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*†~:,,,,,, deeper  than  death  is to be alive  and ,,,,,,:~†*
¤*†~:,,,,, asleep. it  is death if it was temporary ,,,,,:~†*¤
¤¤*†~:,,,,            and rejuvenating.             ,,,,:~†*¤¤
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#£¤¤*†~:,,                  ,,::,,                  ,,:~†*¤¤£#
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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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¤¤*†~:,,,,                  ,,::,,                  ,,,,:~†*¤¤
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#£¤¤*†~:,, when you sleep all  sound  is  internal. ,,:~†*¤¤£#
##£¤¤*†~:, when  you  sleep  your   brain  shrinks. ,:~†*¤¤£##
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£¤¤*†~:,,,                  ,,::,,                  ,,,:~†*¤¤£
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¤*†~:,,,,, if you wish to measure sleep, use  these ,,,,,:~†*¤
*†~:,,,,,,    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    ,,,,,,:~†*
¤*†~:,,,,,    otherworldiness and revitalization.   ,,,,,:~†*¤
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£¤¤*†~:,,, grip  goes from not being able to let go ,,,:~†*¤¤£
#£¤¤*†~:,, all  day  (left)   to   not   caring  to ,,:~†*¤¤£#
##£¤¤*†~:,            remember (right).             ,:~†*¤¤£##
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£¤¤*†~:,,,     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).                 ,,:~†*¤¤£#
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#£¤¤*†~:,, 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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¤*†~:,,,,,                    ::                    ,,,,,:~†*¤
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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                ,,,,:~†*¤¤
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#£¤¤*†~:,,                  ~~††~~                  ,,:~†*¤¤£#
##£¤¤*†~:,           ,,, furthermore ,,,            ,:~†*¤¤£##
#£¤¤*†~:,,                  ::~~::                  ,,:~†*¤¤£#
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¤¤*†~:,,,, 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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