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