men’s pointy leather shoes stuffed with… something. money? beans? i don’t know. a cassette tape including the last words of my husband. he died in a helicopter fire. the government set him up. i was going to prove it. aethy’s husband discovered it in my belongings and said “this is your husband?’ yes. “does she […]
Category: 2015
A man says I need to volunteer for Bernie Sanders. I tell him I can’t, I’m meeting my family for dinner. He pulls on my arm and I jerk away from him and hurry on my way. On the second floor of a row home, we sit and enjoy a meal together. It’s me, my […]
we’re in class and we’re given guitars. we have to pair up and learn a song, then record ourselves playing and singing it. i think it’s unfair because there’s a country duo in the class and they get to be together. but i’m excited to learn how to play anyway. i try to cross a […]
in some kind of dormitory. once again all wood, floors, walls, ceiling fans… it was beautiful and spacious. it was also a psych facility. everyone there was a little nutty, myself included. a man came to visit me. the same handsome devil from a previous dream. he asked me to go for a ride with […]
i’m looking at a class i want to register for. it’s with a professor i like and they are reading a book that i’ve always wanted to read but i don’t need the class and i’ll be home with my family for part of the term. will i be able to read 1,080 pages if […]
sitting on a train and hopping across the aisle to sit on the new seats. they were high and super cushy. in the reflection from the opposite window, i could see a pack of cigs under the seat but when i reached, i only felt the brand new fabric tearing and balling up. i […]
dreamed i was joining some circle of women as a religious rite but it was more like a shaman circle than a coven. there was big news that the ancient ones would wear red knit hats to denote their role in the universe. i had a hat just like it but mine was blue and […]
i was looking for work. going from business to business to ask about openings. i was way out in the country and headed to another stop. the business was a white building down a long gravel driveway. i stopped at the fence posts and looked out across the field. it was a beautiful sunrise. the […]
i dreamed i was following a character as her story progressed. the character’s name was maggie and i was going to her hometown, following her journey by train and car. a woman at a ticket booth in the train station said that she used to loooooooooove maggie! she got teary remembering her story. she showed […]
in a big box store. i tell the greeter that i only have bills and he offers to make change for me. when he pours the coins in my hand i thank him and close my fingers over them before running after my friends. when i open my hand it is a flat copper key […]
