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