Dreamscape
Oh no! There's a monster in my bathtub!
Snakes are slither out the shower spout!
I sing the Barney song to defeat him!
Trees are running around playing football
they see me and start to attack me
I escape in a small white Toyota.
It's my wedding day and my Grandma's there
If I marry she'll have a heart attack
so my groom and I run off and elope.
A man is caressing my upper thigh
He lightly kisses the back of my neck
I let go, and give into temptation.
I'm driving in a brand new blue corvette
It's a sunny day and the top is down
the road is endless: this is true freedom
I try to be quiet in the forest
but the Velociraptor still finds me
I end as a dinosaur's mid day snack.
I am a beautiful black stallion
with strong legs I rear up and whinny
I lead our heard off into the sunset.
I am riding a big carousel
It turns into a space ship and we fly
But the ocean is where the sky should be
I'm dressed in all black at a funeral
A mime is giving the closing remarks
when I look in the casket I see me.
These are all stories that I have lived through
while visiting another dimension
of dark night and make-believe in my dreams.
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/audioitem/3672
The Bridge by Lisa Jarnot
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