Dream

Tuesday, February 02, 2010: Strange House

He was lying in bed with his wife, trying to sleep. The room appeared unfamiliar to him. He got out of bed and walked into the unfamiliar kitchen. He pulled a chair out and away from the kitchen table and sat down. He thought to himself, Am I dreaming or am I awake? He remembered to look at his hands. He looked at his right hand, and it looked normal. He looked at his left hand, and his fingers faded. I am dreaming, he thought. Family members and friends entered, spoke briefly, and exited: his son and his daughter, his father, his friend Jeremy, his friend Bob. He stood up and walked back into the bedroom and laid down next to his wife.

Poetry

Monday, January 25, 2010:

Winter rain melts drifts—
fog rises up and marches
the ghosts of snow men.

Dream

Monday, January 11, 2010: Escaping the beast men

He descended the interior of a dark tower, pursued by goat men and wolf men. A wolf man met him on a stair and held him in its teeth. He wrestled himself from its grip and continued his descent.

He climbed down a ladder. A goat man ascended the ladder from the bottom, and another goat man descended the ladder from the top, trapping him. But he simply climbed down over the body of the lower goat man. He jumped from the ladder and stumbled to the floor, against a wall.

There was a crowd of Asian people and among them were goat men and wolf men. There was a camera, lights, and a man speaking behind a podium on the left, and the same on the right. The beast men snarled, waiting for the speakers to conclude before pouncing on him. They were counting on him not interrupting the conference. So he stood up and pushed his way across the lights and cameras and the podiums, and he found two doors.

He opened a door and closed it behind him. He could hear laughing. They were laughing at him because behind the door was a closet, full of junk, and to them he was trapped. He moved some of the junk and found another door, into the adjacent closet. Then he searched the walls of the adjacent closet and found a board high up on the wall. He removed the board and found a window. He climbed up and out the window and escaped into daylight.

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Tuesday, January 05, 2010: Escaping an evil wizard by turning invisible and flying

An evil wizard approached, but he willed himself invisible and flew into the air. The evil wizard could not find him.

Recently, I have noticed that I have been flying more in dreams. And turning invisible in a dream is new to me.

Dream

Thursday, November 05, 2009: Dog

As he sat on the floor, an Alaskan Huskie grabbed his left hand and put it in its mouth. He tried to calm the wolf-like dog, so that it would not bite his hand or attack him.

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Wednesday, November 04, 2009: Leeches

He walked down a cracked and pocked sidewalk along a dead-end street. Some of the holes in the sidewalk were filled with black smoking liquid. On his right was a tall fence with a hedge, and there were tall trees behind the fence, on the other side of the street, and at the end of the street. It was day, but there was only dim light because the trees shaded the dead-end road.

Others walked with him. They seemed to be searching for something. A moment came when they changed direction, away from the dead-end.

A father was looking for his son. The father said that his son told him there was something in the sidewalk. He changed direction again to show the holes in the sidewalk to the father. The holes had changed. They were filled with clear liquid, and tiny black leeches slinked and jumped out of the liquid. He and the father reacted to them by changing direction again, away from the dead-end road.

A school bus passed by. Something was wrong and people were being rescued.

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Friday, October 30, 2009: Coronal Mass Ejection

He stood amidst a group of people, looking at a flat screen monitor. They watched a live feed of a filtered view of the Sun. An enormous coronal mass ejection shot out from the right side.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009: Skunks in the Office

He was in an office with low white cubicle walls, white pillars, white floors and outer walls and ceilings. Two skunks approached a co-worker's desk, who did not see them because the co-worker was paying attention to the computer monitor. He tried to warn the co-worker, but it was too late. One of the skunks sprayed the co-worker.

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Friday, October 23, 2009: The Beginning of the End

He surveyed the condition and contents of a large and complex building his family had moved into recently. His wife was nearby, in another room; now and then he or she would shout a discovery to the other. For example, he examined a food tin with an unexpired date. His children were further away but present. The building was old and needed repair. But it was also stocked with foodstuffs and other supplies necessary for survival. There were many boxes. There were sheets covering furniture. He felt safe here.

He left the building and hopped on a bus. As it drove down Hamilton Street and approached Billings Square, it stopped, and he got off the bus. It was raining and snowing. The water level was ankle deep at Billings Square, and appeared to be deeper as one continued on Grafton Street towards downtown.

“It has started,” said a young female voice in his thoughts. He turned and began to walk home, away from the water, uphill.

The location, size, and condition of the building reminded me of Dartmouth Street School, renamed the Multiple Intelligences School, which is closed and empty.

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009: Tree Branch

He stood on the porch of a house. The interior of the porch was painted mint green. The porch had a large clean, clear glass window looking out on the back yard. He looked out the porch window and saw a barrel-thick tree branch and foliage growing close to the house. A squirrel climbed along the branch. He pointed out the branch to his wife.

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Saturday, October 17, 2009: Animals in the Road

He walked up Pilgrim Ave, in the middle of the road. It was a sunny day. Squirrels, skunks, raccoons, and rabbits scampered across the road and along the sidewalks.