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,~«/*%£#@@                                          @@#£%*/«~,
,,,,««*%£@                  ««//««                  @£%*««,,,,
,~«/*%£#@@              ,,, 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.           ##££%*/«~,
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,~«/*%££#@                                          @#££%*/«~,
,,,,««*%%# 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.     #@#£%*/«~,
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,,,,,«/%#@                  ««//««                  @#%/«,,,,,
,,,,,«/*£@             ,,, 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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