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,,,,,.~†^§                                          §^†~.,,,,,
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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.          §^†~.,,,,,
,,,,.~†^§@                                          @§^†~.,,,,
,,,.~†^§@#                  ,,..,,                  #@§^†~.,,,
,,.~†^§@##                                          ##@§^†~.,,
,.~†^§@### 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                 #@§^†~.,,,
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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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