last night

two dreams

 

i am in a stately home

that has been taken over by the military

like the one in 28 days later

they dress us up in santa outfits

so we are easy to identify among the green topiary and hedges

they release us one by one

give us five minutes to hide

then the snipers start picking us off one by one

one large lady makes it to the gate

but as she touches the handle her insides slide out of a hole in her back

after that no one touches the gate

i hide in a maze with Janis Joplin

but its a trap

and Janis shoots me dead

 

i am starting my job at a coffee house

the manager takes me by the hand and tells me he has a special job for me

he tells me people buy more coffee if they hear the faint sound of children crying 

behind the freefall elevator jazz they pump out

my job is to hold up a picture of a dead cat

and walk up the line of children until they all cry

if the dead cat does not work i am allowed to make up lies about their family

it does not come to that though as the cat is very cute

(there is a smaller picture of it alive in the top right hand corner of the main picture)

 

i wake up in a cathedral of Egyptian cotton

it is 5am