Dreamtime: State Fair of Mind

DREAMTIME: STATE FAIR OF MIND the barren vendor sold wishes to those hoping to forget at the back of the room wizened old men sat together on a bench across from old fur hats tricornes and hamburgs bowlers and fedoras high hats, admiral hats and others too rare for my knowledge or experience all positioned firmly on head stretchers covered in dust a reminder linking the past now the old Black man who governed this booth sold large round chocolate bars handmade of finest quality he offered my friend one but strangely ignored me everyone gathered in the field as wagons passed by on parade the atmosphere was quite gay carnival like friends waving to each other no one recognized me