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