Much More Than a Dream

It came in with a flash Lighting up the Sahara Desert Most of my troop was asleep I had a precognitive feeling Sat up and starred to the east My pal Hal’s mouth was loudly snoring Space travelers came toward me Riding strange unknown fast-paced animals I had never seen anything like it Travelers with oddities too unusual to explain I stared at them, open mouthed Are you from outer space? I wondered. The night stars’ glow enhanced their scariness I was petrified and began to shake. A forklike thing paralyzed me. When I awoke they were gone But my knee had a prong mark. It was much more than a dream.