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