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MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES

I dreamt that I was Roger Moore

changing into Max Wall

then suddenly remembered that 

we can have multiple personalities within us all,

contemplating no doubt aspirations

beyond our grasp, like a rush for glory or suicide. 

 

In the meantime I felt a desire to impress the ladies

and attend casinos wielding a Walther PPK

gravitating to putting on tight leggings and a wig. 

I awoke in a state of confusion,

who was I really?

just a dreamer in a world full of dead heroes

as irrelevant in today's world

as fireside chats or seaside pierrots.

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raypool

Tue 19th Apr 2022 19:52

Thanks to all you likers, John, Stephen, Holden, Bethany and K.Lynn.

Thanks Martin for your comment, which confirms my own thoughts! We certainly don the cloak from time to time. I was pleased with that line too, took a bit of shoehorning to get it!

Again Stephen, many thanks as always.

Wow, there's a lot to analyse there Mark. Fascinating stuff, especially the flying dreams, which i'm very sorry to say I don't get these days. I would float up and stay in the air without flying too. I'm all for it, but life brings us down with a bump!

Ray

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 15th Apr 2022 15:52

Dreams are strange "visitors". My own sleep pattern tends to be interrupted and can result in two distinct portions, the second
of which can contain what I consider to be "narrative" dreams,
often with the same theme and setting, but not always the same characters. Sometimes they are so vivid as to remain with me
for a while after rising while I try to make out their connection to
anything in my life. Then there are the wonderful "flying over beautiful countryside" dreams. Those I DO enjoy, without feeling any need to question their origins!!

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Stephen Gospage

Fri 15th Apr 2022 08:55

Good stuff, as always, Ray.

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Martin Elder

Thu 14th Apr 2022 22:14

Love it Ray. I have often assumed different personalities in my head throughout the years. But in a sense isn't that a part of what makes us writers and poets.
By the way I love that last line
'as fireside chats or seaside pierrots'
nice one

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