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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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,,«/$%@@¶#                  ,,,,,,                  #¶@@%$/«,,
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,,«/$%@¶## deeper  than  death  is to be  alive and ##¶@%$/«,,
,,«/$%@¶¶¶ asleep. it is death if it was  temporary ¶¶¶@%$/«,,
,,,,,«/$@#            and rejuvenating.             #@$/«,,,,,
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,,«/$%@¶¶¶                  ,,,,,,                  ¶¶¶@%$/«,,
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,,«/$%@¶## sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of ##¶@%$/«,,
,,«/$%@¶## which  there is nothing. inside  is  all ##¶@%$/«,,
,,,,,,/%¶¶ the   stars   and   in  the   middle   a ¶¶%/,,,,,,
,,,,,«$$%@ black lake.  at  the foot of  this  lake @%$$«,,,,,
,,«/$%@¶##           stands an old friend.          ##¶@%$/«,,
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,,«/$%@¶##                  ,,,,,,                  ##¶@%$/«,,
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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,    ¶¶%/,,,,,,
,,,,,,//$@   otherworldiness and revitalization.    @$//,,,,,,
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,,«/$%@¶¶# grip  goes from not being able to let go #¶¶@%$/«,,
,,«/$%@¶## all   day   (left)  to  not   caring  to ##¶@%$/«,,
,,/$%@¶###             remember (right).            ###¶@%$/,,
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,,«/$%@¶##     deepness goes from being several     ##¶@%$/«,,
,,«/$@¶### hundred  meters down  (left)  to  barely ###¶@$/«,,
,,«/$%@¶##       touching the surface (right).      ##¶@%$/«,,
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,,«/$%@¶##    otherworldliness goes from a single   ##¶@%$/«,,
,,«/$@¶###  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  ###¶@$/«,,
,,«/$@¶### dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams ###¶@$/«,,
,,«/$%@¶##                 (right).                 ##¶@%$/«,,
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,,,,«««$%¶ revitalization  goes from  a feeling  of ¶%$«««,,,,
,,«/$%@¶## not having  slept at all (left) to being ##¶@%$/«,,
,,,,,«/%@# full  of  energy   and   maybe  optimism #@%/«,,,,,
,,«/$%@###                 (right).                 ###@%$/«,,
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,,«/$%@¶## high  otherworldliness and high grip  is ##¶@%$/«,,
,,,,,«$@¶#     a particularly effective combo.      #¶@$«,,,,,
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,,«/$%@¶##             ,,, see also ,,,             ##¶@%$/«,,
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,,,«/$$$%¶               sleep deities              ¶%$$$/«,,,
,,,,,/%%@¶               the blackbird              ¶@%%/,,,,,
,,«/$%%%¶#                 solipsism                #¶%%%$/«,,
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,,«/$%@@@@                  ««//««                  @@@@%$/«,,
,,«/$$$@@@            ,,, furthermore ,,,           @@@$$$/«,,
,,,,,«$$@¶                  ,,««,,                  ¶@$$«,,,,,
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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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