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.,«†=$####              ... sleep ...               ####$=†«,.
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...,«†=$##                                          ##$=†«,...
....,«†=$# sleep is the most important meal of  the #$=†«,....
...,«†=$## day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a ##$=†«,...
..,«†=$### while.  if you  can dream, you  also get ###$=†«,..
.,«†=$#### to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. ####$=†«,.
..,«†=$###                                          ###$=†«,..
...,«†=$##                  ..,,..                  ##$=†«,...
....,«†=$#                                          #$=†«,....
...,«†=$## deeper  than  death is to  be  alive and ##$=†«,...
..,«†=$### asleep.  it is death if it was temporary ###$=†«,..
.,«†=$####            and rejuvenating.             ####$=†«,.
..,«†=$###                                          ###$=†«,..
...,«†=$##                  ..,,..                  ##$=†«,...
....,«†=$#                                          #$=†«,....
...,«†=$## sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of ##$=†«,...
..,«†=$### which there  is  nothing. inside is  all ###$=†«,..
.,«†=$#### the   stars   and   in   the  middle   a ####$=†«,.
..,«†=$### black lake.  at  the foot  of this  lake ###$=†«,..
...,«†=$##           stands an old friend.          ##$=†«,...
....,«†=$#                                          #$=†«,....
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..,«†=$###                                          ###$=†«,..
.,«†=$#### when  you sleep  all  sound is internal. ####$=†«,.
..,«†=$### when   you  sleep  your  brain  shrinks. ###$=†«,..
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....,«†=$#                  ..,,..                  #$=†«,....
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..,«†=$### if you wish  to measure sleep, use these ###$=†«,..
.,«†=$####    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    ####$=†«,.
..,«†=$###   otherworldiness and revitalization.    ###$=†«,..
...,«†=$##                                          ##$=†«,...
....,«†=$# grip  goes from not being able to let go #$=†«,....
...,«†=$## all  day   (left)   to  not   caring  to ##$=†«,...
..,«†=$###            remember (right).             ###$=†«,..
.,«†=$####                                          ####$=†«,.
..,«†=$###     deepness goes from being several     ###$=†«,..
...,«†=$## hundred meters  down  (left)  to  barely ##$=†«,...
....,«†=$#      touching the surface (right).       #$=†«,....
...,«†=$##                                          ##$=†«,...
..,«†=$###   otherworldliness goes from a single    ###$=†«,..
.,«†=$####  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  ####$=†«,.
..,«†=$### dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams ###$=†«,..
...,«†=$##                 (right).                 ##$=†«,...
....,«†=$#                                          #$=†«,....
...,«†=$## revitalization  goes from a  feeling  of ##$=†«,...
..,«†=$### not  having slept at all (left) to being ###$=†«,..
.,«†=$#### full  of  energy   and  maybe   optimism ####$=†«,.
..,«†=$###                 (right).                 ###$=†«,..
...,«†=$##                                          ##$=†«,...
....,«†=$#                    ,,                    #$=†«,....
...,«†=$##                                          ##$=†«,...
..,«†=$### high otherworldliness  and high grip  is ###$=†«,..
.,«†=$####      a particularly effective combo.     ####$=†«,.
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...,«†=$##                  ««††««                  ##$=†«,...
....,«†=$#             ... see also ...             #$=†«,....
...,«†=$##                  ,,««,,                  ##$=†«,...
..,«†=$###                                          ###$=†«,..
.,«†=$####               sleep deities              ####$=†«,.
..,«†=$###              the blackbird               ###$=†«,..
...,«†=$##                 solipsism                ##$=†«,...
....,«†=$#                                          #$=†«,....
...,«†=$##                  ««††««                  ##$=†«,...
..,«†=$###            ... furthermore ...           ###$=†«,..
.,«†=$####                  ,,««,,                  ####$=†«,.
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...,«†=$## this is  still  a place:  here,  in  the ##$=†«,...
....,«†=$# silence,  darkness  and   night  -   and #$=†«,....
...,«†=$## loneliness, holding  a  kind of dilution ##$=†«,...
..,«†=$### of  reality,   and  suddenly  it's   not ###$=†«,..
.,«†=$#### important  that  i  lie  in my  bed, the ####$=†«,.
..,«†=$### lack   of  presence  brings  the  notion ###$=†«,..
...,«†=$## that,  if  i  do  not  choose  sleep,  i ##$=†«,...
....,«†=$#   choose past, future, something with    #$=†«,....
...,«†=$## more  substance  than  the   objects   i ##$=†«,...
..,«†=$###          surround myself with.           ###$=†«,..
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