Dream Maintenance

We awake in the morning, brush teeth,
comb hair -
remake the dream.

Overnight the edges of reality fray,
pieces of the dream flake off,
vision becomes threadbare.

The dream must be repaired each day
or we might question
the reality of combing hair
and brushing teeth.
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May 27, 2022 at 3:26 PM
Very cool ~ love it.
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