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November 24, 2013
Dreams are difficult to narrate well, and ~BadNarrator handles the subject with aplomb in Mechanical Jellyfish: A Year in Dreams.
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Six years ago.
I wasn't ready for you. I was ready
for a brawl. I was ready to trade in the hand
I'd been dealt for new cards, all of them
the queen of hearts. I was ready
to fight my mother for the next four years,
to blow so many holes in our relationship that we're
still half-sunk & bailing water out of a boat
we don't recognise anymore.
I was ready for a drink. I was ready
to hit rock bottom & start digging, to put out
my own fire with dirt and a shovel. I was ready
to be the kind of shitty girlfriend that leaves
you hanging on the other end of the line
while I chain smoke cigarettes
in the rain,
to spend six years and counting
waiting for another m
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Suicides Learning To Speak
It’s 6 a.m. A girl is beginning the journey back from Oz, anchored to life by the whirr and beep of machines and tubes. Above her emaciated body, nurses pace, write on clipboards, click their heels and purse their lips. She is oblivious. Her mind drifts in freefall, stuck in an eggshell skull wrapped in nasal gastric tubing and an oxygen pipe forced down her throat like a synthetic umbilical cord. Somewhere, neurotransmitters are sewing themselves back into conscious awareness. There is a person lost somewhere in that body. There is a mind overboard in a black sea, sending up a flare. The nurses are afraid that she will stay in there fo
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Piano in an empty room
Moving out.
In the living-room, only the grand piano remains,
black and shiny, like an insect
trapped on the ground, one wing extended
as if trying to fly right before death caught up with it.
The sound would be different now
with no furniture around,
no books to soften the notes,
no rug to dampen the low vibrations.
I never learned to play
and now the piano seems to epitomize
the black bulk of my regrets...
defiant, untouched.
On a whim I sit in front of it.
I let my fingers flow as they will,
my mind wonders
and I drift away for a while.
After I don't know how long, I stop.
The sound is different in an empty room...
and with a trace of exc
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*Asterisks denote the names of real people which I have changed for purposes of privacy. The names of family members, celebrities and people who do not exist in waking life have not been altered and are presented as is.
in the year 2010 I began keeping record of my dreams. it was difficult at first, I could barely recall anything other than a few details, feelings and sensations. but as with any other skill the more I practiced the easier it became to remember my experiences when I slept. by the end of 2011 I was able to account for almost every moment of my dreams. in July of last year, around the time I first traveled to Alaska, I decided to write a non-fiction book of my dreams. it's still a work in progress and any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I expect to have the entire year posted within the next month or so.
Mechanical Jellyfish: A Year in Dreams other entries:
January-July: fav.me/d695cqu
August: fav.me/d6vqf6e
September: fav.me/d6stnhz
October: fav.me/d6zxq2x
in the year 2010 I began keeping record of my dreams. it was difficult at first, I could barely recall anything other than a few details, feelings and sensations. but as with any other skill the more I practiced the easier it became to remember my experiences when I slept. by the end of 2011 I was able to account for almost every moment of my dreams. in July of last year, around the time I first traveled to Alaska, I decided to write a non-fiction book of my dreams. it's still a work in progress and any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I expect to have the entire year posted within the next month or so.
Mechanical Jellyfish: A Year in Dreams other entries:
January-July: fav.me/d695cqu
August: fav.me/d6vqf6e
September: fav.me/d6stnhz
October: fav.me/d6zxq2x
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Congrats on your DD. ^_^ The way you acknowledge the disjointedness of dreams makes each selection oddly coherent. Some are similar, and some come right out of nowhere. It's quite an enjoyable read!
I noticed all of these seem to be first-person. Do you ever have dreams where you aren't anything or anyone at all, but are just watching other people or events?
I noticed all of these seem to be first-person. Do you ever have dreams where you aren't anything or anyone at all, but are just watching other people or events?