..«/*¤#@## ##@#¤*/«..
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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. ####¤*/«..
......«*#@ @#*«......
..«/*¤#@## ««//«« ##@#¤*/«..
..«/*¤#@## ... 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. #@¤/......
..«/*¤#@## ##@#¤*/«..
..«/¤#@### ###@#¤/«..
.....«/*¤@ @¤*/«.....
..«///¤¤#@ @#¤¤///«..
..«/*¤#@## ##@#¤*/«..
.......«*# #*«.......