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.-†$§¤####                  --††--                  ####¤§$†-.
.,-†$§¤###              ... sleep ...               ###¤§$†-,.
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.,-†$§¤### sleep is the  most important meal of the ###¤§$†-,.
.,-†$§¤### day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a ###¤§$†-,.
.,-†$§¤### while.  if you  can dream, you also  get ###¤§$†-,.
.......-$¤ to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. ¤$-.......
.,-†$§¤###                                          ###¤§$†-,.
.....,-$¤#                  ..,,..                  #¤$-,.....
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.,-†$§¤### deeper  than  death is to  be alive  and ###¤§$†-,.
.,-†$§§§§¤ asleep. it is death if it  was temporary ¤§§§§$†-,.
.,-†$§¤###             and rejuvenating.            ###¤§$†-,.
.,-†$§¤###                                          ###¤§$†-,.
.,-††$§¤##                  ..,,..                  ##¤§$††-,.
....,††§§#                                          #§§††,....
.,-†$§¤### sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of ###¤§$†-,.
.......-$¤ which  there is  nothing. inside  is all ¤$-.......
.,-†$§¤### the   stars   and  in   the   middle   a ###¤§$†-,.
.,-†$§¤### black lake.  at the  foot of  this  lake ###¤§$†-,.
.,-†$§¤###           stands an old friend.          ###¤§$†-,.
.,-†$§§¤¤#                                          #¤¤§§$†-,.
.,-†$§¤###                  ..,,..                  ###¤§$†-,.
.,-†$§¤###                                          ###¤§$†-,.
.,-†$§¤### when  you sleep  all  sound is internal. ###¤§$†-,.
..,,,†††$¤ when  you  sleep   your  brain  shrinks. ¤$†††,,,..
.,-†$§####                                          ####§$†-,.
.,-††††$§#                  ..,,..                  #§$††††-,.
.,-†$§¤¤¤#                                          #¤¤¤§$†-,.
.,-†$§¤### if you wish to measure sleep, use  these ###¤§$†-,.
.,-†$§¤###    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    ###¤§$†-,.
.,-†$§¤###    otherworldiness and revitalization.   ###¤§$†-,.
.,-†$§¤###                                          ###¤§$†-,.
.,-†$§¤### grip goes from not being able to let  go ###¤§$†-,.
....,-$§## all   day   (left)  to  not  caring   to ##§$-,....
..,,-††$$¤             remember (right).            ¤$$††-,,..
....--†$$¤                                          ¤$$†--....
..,,-†$§§#     deepness goes from being several     #§§$†-,,..
.,-†§¤#### 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.          #§§†,.....
.,-†$§¤###                                          ###¤§$†-,.
.,-†$§¤###                                          ###¤§$†-,.
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.,-†$§¤###                                          ###¤§$†-,.
.,-†$§¤###                                          ###¤§$†-,.