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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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.,«;†$¤#@# asleep. it is death if  it was temporary #@#¤$†;«,.
.,«;†$¤#@#            and rejuvenating.             #@#¤$†;«,.
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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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.,«;†$¤### if you wish to measure sleep,  use these ###¤$†;«,.
.,«;†††$##    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    ##$†††;«,.
.,«;†$¤@##   otherworldiness and revitalization.    ##@¤$†;«,.
.,«;†$¤¤##                                          ##¤¤$†;«,.
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.,««;;$¤#@ all  day  (left)   to  not   caring   to @#¤$;;««,.
.,«;†$¤#@#            remember (right).             #@#¤$†;«,.
.,«;†$¤#@#                                          #@#¤$†;«,.
.,«;;;;$¤#     deepness goes from being several     #¤$;;;;«,.
......«;$# hundred  meters down  (left)  to  barely #$;«......
.,«;†$¤¤¤@       touching the surface (right).      @¤¤¤$†;«,.
.,«;†$¤###                                          ###¤$†;«,.
.,«;†$¤#@#   otherworldliness goes from a single    #@#¤$†;«,.
.,«;†$¤¤¤@  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  @¤¤¤$†;«,.
.,«;†$¤#@# dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams #@#¤$†;«,.
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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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.,«;†$¤#@# high  otherworldliness and  high grip is #@#¤$†;«,.
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.,«;†$¤#@@             ... see also ...             @@#¤$†;«,.
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....,«†¤¤@               sleep deities              @¤¤†«,....
....,,;;$¤               the blackbird              ¤$;;,,....
.,«;†$#@##                 solipsism                ##@#$†;«,.
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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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