Let me sleep in and replay
my subconscious inquiries
I have powerful dreams
where monkeys drive cars and
do the unexpected things
like play road kill or
snatch babies when moms
aren’t looking
I’ve seen bulls leap over
pikes to save yellow chicks
from dark openings behind doors
that lead to no place
I know how the world ends
It was told to me on a sinking ship
this is where the people cease
they just fall
no landing
burning waters
screaming women
vanishings
holes as deep as deep
I said it out loud
My voice questioning herself
eyes not sure when to open
fingers tangling up
I can’t swallow
these are not my words
it only came to me and I repeat
I’m sorry
don’t believe me
You’re listening
So…
do you think it could be true
like, what if I saw the world
for what it truly is
in all its recklessness
and streams of hope
weaving in and out between
bodies and bodies
because the holy and the impious
lived together
this whole time
This whole time
we’ve all been living in fire
until the ground broke
and the people fell slanted
Do you think I saw it
with my own eyes
Your dream has no meaning
Yeah it do
Oh, now you sound like one of
your cousins
You’re listening
it’s confusing
you hear vibrations
laughter is contagious
they say
Then I laughed when you walked away
to shut my eyes
under my pillow
I stopped sleeping in
to end the dreams
to forget
that what I learned was
vapor
Yet, they appeared while
I was awake
five seconds of still
clear and vivid
an outline of a man and boy
their faces are blurred
but I know they are happy
who are these people
why am I seeing this
I saw a woman wearing all white
she had a hat
which was odd
and she had been drinking
in the day time
Where did she belong
not here
not here
Don’t you play no games with me
Where does she belong
not even in the most
colorful dream
not where you sleep
not that land
or that creation
in that world
that does not exist
Yeah it do
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