1. Dreams R Us Division
Too busy to sleep?
No problem!
You begin a dream,
and the dream sensor
starts the dream deactivator,
which wakes you with a mild electric shock
equivalent in effect
to two cups of coffee.
Meanwhile, the incipient dream
is transferred and stored
in the company mainframe.
There, the dream completer software
massages the story line
and develops alternate dreamlines.
When it's convenient,
you can select whichever variant suits you,
and, when the market slows
or you are longing for a respite,
the dream of your choice
will be returned to you, fully realized,
to enjoy at your leisure.
For the busy man or woman,
it's almost a dream come true.
2. Nightmare Outlet
In this branch of the greater dream factory,
the wages are lower,
the workers disgruntled,
and an inspector from the dream division
constantly intrudes to insure
that the output is defective.
Here, on a creeping assembly line,
the factory seconds pass for hours.
It's not really good news,
or a relief,
that this division's products
are almost always recalled.