.~~/$*§¶@# #@¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$§¶@## ##@¶§$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶@# #@¶§*$/~~.
..~~~~$$*§ §*$$~~~~..
......~/$§ §$/~......
.~~/$*§§§§ ~~//~~ §§§§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶## ... SLEEP ... ##¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶@# ~~~~~~ #@¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶¶¶ ¶¶¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶@# SLEEP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE #@¶§*$/~~.
.~~~~$$**¶ DAY. SLEEP IS SAYING GOODBYE FOR A ¶**$$~~~~.
.~~/$*§¶@# WHILE. IF YOU CAN DREAM, YOU ALSO GET #@¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶@@ TO VISIT FRIENDS AND OTHER ANIMALS. @@¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$§¶@## ##@¶§$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶@# ..~~.. #@¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶@# #@¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶@@ DEEPER THAN DEATH IS TO BE ALIVE AND @@¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶@@ ASLEEP. IT IS DEATH IF IT WAS TEMPORARY @@¶§*$/~~.
.~~$*§¶@## AND REJUVENATING. ##@¶§*$~~.
.~~/$$$$*¶ ¶*$$$$/~~.
.~~/$*§@## ..~~.. ##@§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶@@ @@¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶## SLEEP IS A BLACK MARBLE OUTSIDE OF ##¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶@# WHICH THERE IS NOTHING. INSIDE IS ALL #@¶§*$/~~.
.~~~~/$*¶@ THE STARS AND IN THE MIDDLE A @¶*$/~~~~.
.~~/$*§¶## BLACK LAKE. AT THE FOOT OF THIS LAKE ##¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶@# STANDS AN OLD FRIEND. #@¶§*$/~~.
.....~~~$§ §$~~~.....
.~~/$*§¶@# ..~~.. #@¶§*$/~~.
.....~/*¶@ @¶*/~.....
.~~/$*§¶@@ WHEN YOU SLEEP ALL SOUND IS INTERNAL. @@¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶@# WHEN YOU SLEEP YOUR BRAIN SHRINKS. #@¶§*$/~~.
.~~/*§¶@## ##@¶§*/~~.
....~~~~$§ ..~~.. §$~~~~....
.~~/$*§¶@# #@¶§*$/~~.
....~~$§§§ IF YOU WISH TO MEASURE SLEEP, USE THESE §§§$~~....
.~~/$*§§¶@ FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS, @¶§§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶@# OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION. #@¶§*$/~~.
.~~/*§¶@## ##@¶§*/~~.
....~~$*¶¶ GRIP GOES FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO LET GO ¶¶*$~~....
.~~/$*§¶@# ALL DAY (LEFT) TO NOT CARING TO #@¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶@# REMEMBER (RIGHT). #@¶§*$/~~.
......~$$§ §$$~......
.~~/$*§§§¶ DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL ¶§§§*$/~~.
......~/$§ HUNDRED METERS DOWN (LEFT) TO BARELY §$/~......
....~~~$§§ TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT). §§$~~~....
....~~~$$§ §$$~~~....
....~~/*¶@ OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE @¶*/~~....
....~$*§§@ COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL @§§*$~....
.~~/$$***¶ 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 ¶*/~......
.~~/$*§¶@@ OF REALITY, AND SUDDENLY IT'S NOT @@¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§@## IMPORTANT THAT I LIE IN MY BED, THE ##@§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶@# LACK OF PRESENCE BRINGS THE NOTION #@¶§*$/~~.
......~$*¶ THAT, IF I DO NOT CHOOSE SLEEP, I ¶*$~......
.~~/$*§¶¶@ CHOOSE PAST, FUTURE, SOMETHING WITH @¶¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§¶## MORE SUBSTANCE THAN THE OBJECTS I ##¶§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§@## SURROUND MYSELF WITH. ##@§*$/~~.
...~~//$*¶ ¶*$//~~...
.~~/$*§¶¶@ @¶¶§*$/~~.
.....~~~$§ §$~~~.....
....~~~/$§ §$/~~~....
.~~/$*§@## ##@§*$/~~.
.~~/$*§§§@ @§§§*$/~~.