Dance in the Full Moon

O, the Frailty of Memory

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

5.9b

I've never had a dream in which my teeth fall out.
I have never dreamed sex.
I can't remember dreams of being dead, taking tests, or growing older.
So what dearth in my life has robbed me of these common dream tropes? What paucity of will? Do other people just have smaller choices, accidentally limited by the dreams they've heard of, limited to things they've seen before? I can't imagine, but I know: whatever gamut I've been granted hasn't only been for me. If you'd like it, if you're piqued now, I would share a dream with you.

2 comments:

  1. I think you don’t stress about the same things other people stress about. I’ve had the teeth falling out dream before cause I knew that I wasn’t taking care of my teeth well. It was the WORST. They rotted first. What DO you dream about?

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  2. I used to only have nightmares, but of a mundane variety. I would have some abstract or long-term goal I was working towards and I just wouldn't ever be able to accomplish it. I would be constantly walking back and forth trying to find my tools, or being late to class, or not knowing where I was going or where the people I needed were.

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