I FALL  ASLEEP IN  THE WRONG THROAT  AND 
 IS NOT  SO MUCH DREAMING AS BEING FORCED 
         TO IMAGINE A SCENARIO...         
                                          
                      
  
  
  
                      
                                          
           BIG HALLS, ARCADES,            
         FILLED WITH CHARACTERS.          
                                          
 I GET INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEM,  FOR WHAT I 
 MUST IMAGINE THEM  DOING OR SAYING. THEY 
 HAVE  SOME  AGENCY,  BUT NOT  WHILE  I'M 
   LOOKING. THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE BEAMED   
 INTO  MY MIND,  SPOKEN  FROM A  GOD,  OR 
              FALSE DEMIURGE.             
                                          
 SOMETIMES I'M TOO  SLOW AND FAIL TO MAKE 
 THEM  DO   WHAT  I'M  INSTRUCTED  BEFORE 
 TIME'S OUT, AND  THEN THEY GET PUNISHED. 
                                          
 ONE  OF  THEM GOT HIS VOCABULARY  SHRUNK 
 DOWN TO ONLY THE  WORD HE  FAILED TO SAY 
     (ROOFS? RUFUS?), MANY WERE JUST      
            PHYSICALLY MAIMED.            
                                          
 IT   ALL   WAS   VERY    STRESSFUL   AND 
 REPULSIVE. IT FELT LIKE A NIGHTMARE,  OR 
               FEVER DREAM.               
                                          
 I   HAVEN'T   TRIED   TO   SLEEP   SINCE