Dreams 2022
Dream 112
(4/30/2022)
I am standing
in a crowded
room
everyone
including me
is well-dressed
we seem
to be
in a large
kitchen
people
are talking
but seem
solemn
I wonder
if this
is a wake
I can
smell
coffee
I really
want
some
I can
see
that others
have caps
I work
my way
toward
a counter
some
are in
the way
so I edge
in between
them
finally
I see
a coffee
maker
but the
pot
is almost
empty
beside it
is a large pitcher
of what appears
to be coffee
with ice
cubes floating
in the black
liquid
I like
cold coffee
I tell no one
in particular
but I see
no mugs
no glasses
I open
a cabinet
see many
paper products
one stack
seems to be
collapsible
cups
paper
coated
in plastic
I think
I unfold
one
finding it
very difficult
to actually form
a container
~
I am sitting
with Frank
from work
on a large
sloping
grassy area
my shoes
are off
I have balanced
my flimsy cup
of coffee
between them
we can see
an adjoining
stadium
of people
watching
a football game
these games
have a strange
feel
to them
don’t they?
I ask him
he nods
he laughs
“like they found
a pickup game
brought
all the guys
into the locker
room
let them
suit up
told them
to go out
there
to go
play”
he says
still chuckling
as if
they all came
from one
neighborhood
I say
like one
was going to
play
saw his
neighbor
out mowing
the yard
“hey Frank!
wanna go play
football?
they’re going
to put us
on TV!”
we laugh
some more
as we get up
begin walking
toward the stadium
carrying
our shoes
our coffee