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