The stages for my dreams are
\nsometimes unfamiliar, but mostly
\nplaces that I know. A flood plain
\nby an old bike path, a bus route I used to take,
\na bus depot I used to frequent, my grandma’s
\nhouse, my uncle’s house, a grocery store
\nor two. Because apparently my dreams are humdrum.
\nThey want nothing more in sleep than they do in life;
\nto go shopping and deciding which sweet
\ntreat to get and working out the best
\nsale price in the produce aisle.
\nMissing busses,
\nalways missing busses every damn time.
\nMissing busses, missing stops, and transferring to
\nthe wrong train.
\nMy favorite dreams are the ones where I go running.
\nI run
\nto a place that is familiar
\nin dream state,
\nbut when I awake I’m unsure of exactly where it is,
\npart of the path by my old Niagara house
\nand part of the path my my old school
\nand always by a dead end and sometimes I wonder
\nif the places I dream are just the ghosts
\nof the places they once were. As if the earth has muscle memory and that
\nis what it wants me to see while I’m dreaming.
\nSo I continue deciding, searching, and deciding in my dreams
\nas if there’s any hope for me doing those things in my awake life.
\nThat is if that is not a dream as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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