damage control," she whispered seductively
.....In the dream, like those sponges that when immersed in tap water,
a stream of unintelligible phrases ........
...........................rapidly grow into puffy dinosaurs,
the fruits of wishful thinking.......
the diorama enlarged itself
the sound of water.........until I had to step on the platform beside
the doll
for as long as I could remember.....in order to avoid being
crunched.
into the safety of the
CyberCreek....................
brown grass on the hills...
in shades of black, white and tan
..............
where black ice had formed.....
his body...............
a tenuous relationship to reality..............
in the pines, in the pines.........
while the wheel spun around and around
.................
on the outskirts of town
....................
a white shirt.......................
blue jeans.........................
potato soup......................
footprints..........................
...........
a dark corner....................
the pine trees overhead......
walking.............................
riding................................
the horizon........................