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