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