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