,^»†††$&&& &&&$†††»^,
,^»††$&### ###&$††»^,
,,,,^»††$@ @$††»^,,,,
,,,,^†$&&# #&&$†^,,,,
,,,,,»††&@ @&††»,,,,,
,^»††$&@## »»††»» ##@&$††»^,
,^»††$&&@# ,,, SLEEP ,,, #@&&$††»^,
,,,,,,»»†& ^^»»^^ &†»»,,,,,,
,^»††$$$$@ @$$$$††»^,
,,^»††††&@ SLEEP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE @&††††»^,,
,,,,,^^†$@ DAY. SLEEP IS SAYING GOODBYE FOR A @$†^^,,,,,
,,,^††$&@# WHILE. IF YOU CAN DREAM, YOU ALSO GET #@&$††^,,,
,^»††$&@## TO VISIT FRIENDS AND OTHER ANIMALS. ##@&$††»^,
,^»††$&&@# #@&&$††»^,
,^»††$&@## ,,^^,, ##@&$††»^,
,^»††$&@## ##@&$††»^,
,,,,»»»†$& DEEPER THAN DEATH IS TO BE ALIVE AND &$†»»»,,,,
,^»††&@### ASLEEP. IT IS DEATH IF IT WAS TEMPORARY ###@&††»^,
,^»††$&@## AND REJUVENATING. ##@&$††»^,
,,,^††††$& &$††††^,,,
,,^»»»†&&& ,,^^,, &&&†»»»^,,
,,,,,,,»†& &†»,,,,,,,
,^»††$&@@# SLEEP IS A BLACK MARBLE OUTSIDE OF #@@&$††»^,
,^»††$&@## WHICH THERE IS NOTHING. INSIDE IS ALL ##@&$††»^,
,^»††$&@@# THE STARS AND IN THE MIDDLE A #@@&$††»^,
,^»††$&@## BLACK LAKE. AT THE FOOT OF THIS LAKE ##@&$††»^,
,,,^^»†$@@ STANDS AN OLD FRIEND. @@$†»^^,,,
,^»††$&@## ##@&$††»^,
,,,,,,,»†& ,,^^,, &†»,,,,,,,
,^»††$&@## ##@&$††»^,
,^»††$&@## WHEN YOU SLEEP ALL SOUND IS INTERNAL. ##@&$††»^,
,^»††$&@## WHEN YOU SLEEP YOUR BRAIN SHRINKS. ##@&$††»^,
,,,,,»††&& &&††»,,,,,
,^»††$&@## ,,^^,, ##@&$††»^,
,^^»»††$@# #@$††»»^^,
,^»††$&@## IF YOU WISH TO MEASURE SLEEP, USE THESE ##@&$††»^,
,^»††$&@## FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS, ##@&$††»^,
,,,,»†$&&& OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION. &&&$†»,,,,
,^»††††&&@ @&&††††»^,
,^»††$&@## GRIP GOES FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO LET GO ##@&$††»^,
,,,,,,,»†& ALL DAY (LEFT) TO NOT CARING TO &†»,,,,,,,
,,,^††††&& REMEMBER (RIGHT). &&††††^,,,
,^»††$&@## ##@&$††»^,
,,,,»†††&& DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL &&†††»,,,,
,,,,,»††$& HUNDRED METERS DOWN (LEFT) TO BARELY &$††»,,,,,
,^»††$&&&# TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT). #&&&$††»^,
,,,,,^»»†& &†»»^,,,,,
,^»††$$$@# 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. &&$$$††»^,
,^»††$&@## ##@&$††»^,
,^»»»††$$& &$$††»»»^,
,^»††$&@## ##@&$††»^,
,^»††$&### ###&$††»^,
,^»††$&@## ##@&$††»^,
,,,,,,^††& &††^,,,,,,