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,,&,&&&,,& I Fall  Asleep  In  The Wrong Throat And ,,&,,&,,,,
,&&&,,&,&, Is Not So Much  Dreaming As Being Forced ,&&,&&,,,,
&,,&,&&&&&         To Imagine A Scenario...         &,&&,&,,,,
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,&,,&,,,,, 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.             ,&,,&,&&,,
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,,&,&&&&&& Sometimes I'M Too Slow And Fail  To Make ,&&,,&&&,&
,&&&,,,,,& Them  Do  What   I'M  Instructed  Before &,&,&,,&&&
&,,&,,,,&, Time'S Out, And Then They  Get Punished. &&&&&,&,,&
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&&,&,,&,&& One  Of  Them Got His Vocabulary  Shrunk ,,,&,,&&&&
,&&&,&&&,& Down To  Only The Word He  Failed To Say ,,&&,&,,,,
&,,&&,,&&,     (Roofs? Rufus?), Many Were Just      ,&,&&&,,,,
&,&,&,&,&,            Physically Maimed.            &&&,,&,,,&
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,,,,,,,,,, It   All   Was   Very    Stressful   And ,&&&,&,&&&
,,,,,,,,,& Repulsive. It Felt Like A  Nightmare, Or &,,&&&&,,&
,,,,,,,,&,               Fever dream.               &,&,,,&,&&
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,,,,,,&,&, I   Haven'T   Tried   To   Sleep   Since ,,&,&,,&&&
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