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