the sea was orange upside down; a scaled blue bulldog stood on top of it smirking its fish-faced Cheshire teeth and my friend, Mary, walking it, looked plastic-- so I asked her, why do you look like a mannequin(?) she stared blankly but everything else looked normal, even the tree roots waved in purple cotton candy clouds, and the winding river was the usual dark green dodging to the left through the littered box-store clearance aisle where I could float and shop for chotskies cuckoo clocks, and puke-colored sweat-shop dishware while I sailed my dingy white dinghy so punctured, I feared could sink at any time searching for a trinket yes --you know the feeling - browsing for who-knows-what -- but wanting something nonetheless, and knew I wasn't finished (but had to go real bad & oh, it burned) and thought it will just be okay; I'll just go --in the river because (no one would notice --a secret) -but I pushed, but something corked it I was so frustrated - I knew I was awake, but couldn't feel my tool - oh my-- the shock --it was numb, like, it's not there and I said to myself, it must be time to wake up - but aren't I already awake(?) so I pushed harder but felt clamped off, therefore, called myself to WAKE UP thinking maybe, just maybe - I was dreaming, but how could that be(?) the scene was far too real .. yes, even the dog still grinning through the sea fog, oh so correctly, and I said, COME ON --it's time now or am I (?? ..) did I croak(?) am I helpless to get back(?) did I translate(?) then dread shouted, IT'S TIME FOR ME TO WAKE UP-- and I began to reenter like an astronaut riding a flying brick, and wasn't sure I could hold my breath long enough to get back to the surface-- as the cobwebs cleared, I became certain I wet the bed
I Became Certain
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theweesmirk
May 6, 2021 at 6:43 pm
Excellent!! Loved it!
Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
May 7, 2021 at 7:17 pm
thank you for your comment.