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