###@#$*†=~                                          ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.                                          .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~..                                          ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~.                                          .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~                                          ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.                  ==††==                  .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~..              ... sleep ...               ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~.                  ~~==~~                  .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~                                          ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~. sleep is the most important  meal of the .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~.. day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~. while. if  you can dream,  you  also get .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~ to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.                                          .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~..                  ..~~..                  ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~.                                          .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~ deeper  than death  is to  be  alive and ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~. asleep. it is death if it  was temporary .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~..            and rejuvenating.             ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~.                                          .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~                  ..~~..                  ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.                                          .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~.. sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~. which there is  nothing.  inside is  all .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~ the   stars   and   in  the   middle   a ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~. black lake.  at  the  foot of this  lake .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~..           stands an old friend.          ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~.                                          .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~                  ..~~..                  ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.                                          .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~.. when  you sleep  all sound  is internal. ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~. when  you  sleep   your  brain  shrinks. .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~                                          ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.                  ..~~..                  .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~..                                          ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~. if you wish to measure  sleep, use these .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.   otherworldiness and revitalization.    .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~..                                          ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~. grip  goes from not being able to let go .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~ all  day  (left)   to   not   caring  to ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.             remember (right).            .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~..                                          ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~.     deepness goes from being several     .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~ hundred  meters  down (left)  to  barely ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.       touching the surface (right).      .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~..                                          ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~.   otherworldliness goes from a single    .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~. dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~..                 (right).                 ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~.                                          .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~ revitalization goes  from a  feeling  of ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~. not having slept  at all (left) to being .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~.. full   of  energy   and  maybe  optimism ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~.                 (right).                 .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~                                          ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.                    ~~                    .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~..                                          ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~. high otherworldliness and high  grip  is .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~     a particularly effective combo.      ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.                                          .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~..                  ==††==                  ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~.             ... see also ...             .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~                  ~~==~~                  ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.                                          .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~..               sleep deities              ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~.               the blackbird              .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~                solipsism                 ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.                                          .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~..                  ==††==                  ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~.           ... furthermore ...            .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~                  ~~==~~                  ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.                                          .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~.. this is  still  a place:  here,  in  the ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~. silence,   darkness  and  night   -  and .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~ loneliness,  holding a  kind of dilution ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~. of  reality,   and  suddenly   it's  not .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~.. important  that i  lie  in  my  bed, the ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~. lack  of  presence   brings  the  notion .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~ that,  if  i  do  not  choose  sleep,  i ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.   choose past, future, something with    .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~.. more  substance   than  the   objects  i ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~.           surround myself with.          .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~                                          ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.                                          .~=†*$#@##
#@#$*†=~..                                          ..~=†*$#@#
##@#$*†=~.                                          .~=†*$#@##
###@#$*†=~                                          ~=†*$#@###
##@#$*†=~.                                          .~=†*$#@##