i can dream a poison that lasts for hours

I can dream poison.
I can dream a poison that lasts for hours.

My dream is a life that’s so
wonderfully unique to my own,
This dream where I can travel in out-of-body,
so I can’t experience any thing (any pain)
but I can understand everything that’s going on.

I dream myself in a crowd of merry goers,
and there’s this wonderfully unique girl,
who stands out like a beacon amongst her peers.
She’s this light brunette sunrise surprise, 
who can smile like a sculpture,
and laugh as sweet as a songbird. 

When I talk to her
I don’t stutter.
I say everything as eloquent
as if I had nights to dwell on their meaning.
I do everything in my power
to see her smile 
     to hear her laugh 
           to watch her breathe.
There in my dream I am the smoothest
that I’ve never been in my life.

A concert comes on, or 
some other great gala or another,
and we join the crowd and dance
we fall into each other’s rhythm.
we sing in sync with each other’s song.
there, together in a crowd, we dance, dance, dance,
there, one in a crowd, we smile, laugh, breathe.

That’s the moment I wake up,
the moment the poison takes effect.

11-19-06
M. L. Michael

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