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| Dream Marks on my Pillow by Ana Lancu |
When I see this piece it is indistinguishable at first. The dark shadows mingle with the rugged creases, but make it difficult to identify the object. It was only once my eyes made out the striped pattern on the pillow case, I was able to see it as an object made from fabric. Almost all at once, the pillow was revealed to me.
Haiku:
It is confusing,
Rugged creases; focus in...
Stripes on the pillow case.
Personal Dream Recollection:
I'm sitting in my bedroom at my mom's house. Four yellow walls surround me, as I sit on the end of my bed and get ready for the day.
Suddenly I become far too aware of an aching in my jaw. The taste of iron assaults my tongue. I open my mouth the investigate, and the mirror meets my eyes with terribly bloody gums.
In shock, I touch one of my teeth. To my horror, it immediately gives into the force and shifts backwards. All of my teeth were loose.
An uncontrollable urge overcomes me. I begin to prod and pull at my bloody teeth until they're all free of my gums. When I finally remove them from my mouth, my braces cause them to slip from my lips like a string of pearls.
I have had the loose teeth dream many times; mine crumble out in chalky chunks instead of your "string of pearls." Disconcerting either way.
ReplyDeleteI always wonder why we have that dream. I had one like that and they just withered away one after another melting out of my mouth. I love the way you described the pillow image.
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