Dream, Dream You Bother Me

Turned down the alley that led to my street walked in the door tired and beat On my desk were a stack of bills piled high was overwhelmed so I shuffled right on by Felt dead, went to bed with a pounding head When I woke, my apartment was a rickety shed I looked down and observed a purple dirt floor The sky was bright yellow when I opened up the door Black stars overhead in the middle of the day In the water of a pond I saw leopards at play A hippo sleeping high, top a coconut tree He opened one eye to take a look at me Tried to keep my cool as I walked on through At this point that was really all I could do There were clouds made of bees floating over my head Dripping honey on the grass that was crimson red I awoke once again with a heavy hangover You would think that by then my dream would be over But when I went out the door, what did I see? The hippo sitting high in the coconut tree He winked and he nodded with a gap toothed smile I decided to go back to bed for a while...