Thursday, January 28, 2010
last night as I recall it
Furiously shoving clothing into a bag and I notice a pair of shorts that do not belong to me, I continue to shove clothing into the bag. I throw the bag on the bed, it is empty, fade out. Fade in, standing near a hippopotamus, I hear someone say, "but it has rabies," I reply with certainty, "it is a very mild form this hippo is great with children." Wake up, roll around. Fade in, blackness an hour glass, sand falls through grain by grain. I hear laughter and the glass shatters. Sit up, smash my head on the ceiling, drink water, roll around. Fade in, sailing on a sailboat, it is a beautiful day, the lake disappears, flying in the sailboat, above the clouds, fade out. Fade in, sitting around a table with indistinguishable chatter, I try to interject, to join the conversation I am ignored, I recognize all the faces of all the people but I have no idea who they are. Once again I try to speak up the table disappears, I am surrounded by the chatting faces, which are now growing upwards and twisting into blackened silhouettes all with yellow eyes looking at me. I stand up and run, I am running in place, fade out. Fade in, I get out of bed and walk to my bathroom, only this is not the dorm room, this is not my house, this is my moms house. I walk to the bathroom and stare into the mirror into my moms face, I hear laughter and the mirror shatters. I wake up freezing cold get out of bed, walk to the bathroom stare in the mirror, it is my own face. I sit on the bathroom floor and stare at the tile, for about an hour. Then I puke, chug a nalgene and return to sleep. This time I am dreamless. My alarm goes off at nine fifteen, I check my email class is canceled. I lay back down and stare at the ceiling, there is a dent from my forehead. I fall back asleep and dream about the sky falling.
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