Last Night

Last Night 

I dreamt I'd lost 

my textbook which was 

a library 

book that since I was 

using it 

in the library I had 

essentially lost it 

in the library. 

So I frantically 

searched 

all the library tables 

where some of my 

class 

were still seated, 

but I don't know 

where my tutor 

had gone, 

and I'm sure s/he'd have 

helped me

look for the book 

(if around) 

but didn't —therefore I 

searched 

all alone like a nut, 

and when I awoke 

my right 

eyelid was swollen 

almost shut 

like a spider bit me 

or something else 

dreamt I was in class 

with Kim Jung Un, 

but I was older than 

him and was some kind 

of a teaching 

assistant or something. 

And I grabbed Kim 

by the shoulders 

(which even in the 

dream I knew 

was a dumb thing 

to do) and yelled, 

"Stop!" in his face, 

then I looked 

around the room, 

gestured as though 

my forthcoming pronoun-

cement would encompass 

him and all his Korean 

classmates, and said, 

"The world has changed— 

you can be anything you 

want to be in life just as I,

just like me when I 

was growing up." Snapped 

awake, thought, wow, my 

dream just revived me: 

I dreamt I'd lost my

belief in the American 

Dream— such a dope!

[narrative]

Last Night 

I dreamt I'd lost 

my textbook which was 

a library 

book that since I was 

using it 

in the library I had 

essentially lost it 

in the library, 

so I frantically 

searched 

all the library tables 

where some of my 

class 

were still seated, 

but I don't know 

where my tutor 

had gone, 

and I'm sure s/he'd have 

helped me

look for the book 

(if around) 

but didn't —therefore I 

searched 

all alone like a nut, 

and when I awoke 

my right 

eyelid was swollen 

almost shut 

like a spider bit me 

or something else… 

dreamt I was in class 

with Kim Jung Un, 

but I was older than 

him and I, some kind 

of a teaching 

assistant or something, 

and I grabbed Kim 

by the shoulders 

(which even in the 

dream I knew 

was a dumb thing 

to do) and yelled, 

"Stop!" in his face, 

then looked 

around the room, 

gestured as though 

my forthcoming pronoun-

cement would encompass 

him and all his Korean 

classmates, and I said, 

"The world has changed,— 

you can be anything you 

want to be in life just as I,

just like me when I 

was growing up," snapped 

awake, thought, wow, my 

dream just revived me 

I dreamt I'd lost my

belief in the America 

dream— such a dope!

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