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