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