last night's dream

[myveryown_nemesis]

last night's dream

populated by horror tropes,
it did not come from the land of nightmares.

a victim cries as her face
forces its way through a steel sieve
and another is plowed
over by the car of a clown.

I still want to stay in the drive-thru.
to collect my Big Mac.

I wasn't dreaming of drinking,
but I dreamt that I dreamt
of drinks I don’t drink.
and I wake
from a dream in a dream
I never had.

I search desperately
for functional facilities
to empty my bladder
in a bright, shiny mall
I have never seen.

I find it
and use it and
realize I am dreaming
I wonder if I’ve wet the bed.

I have not.

I wake and wonder
at my callous dream-self
as I stumble to the toilet
in the dark.

2026.29.2025