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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. #@£$†;-,..
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......,-;† deeper than  death is  to  be  alive and †;-,......
.....,-;†$ 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. ##@£$†;-,.
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...,-;†$£@                  ..,,..                  @£$†;-,...
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.....,-;†$ 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 ...             @£$†;-,...
....,-;†$£                  ,,--,,                  £$†;-,....
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......,-;†              sleep deities               †;-,......
.....,-;†$              the blackbird               $†;-,.....
....,-;†$£                 solipsism                £$†;-,....
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..,-;†$£@#                  --;;--                  #@£$†;-,..
.,-;†$£@##           ... 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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