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