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