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