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