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