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