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