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