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