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