We have moved out of the house where we lived for twenty years; During those years of stay, Spiderman has not yet revealed himself to Mary Jane. It was also those times when push-button phones have not yet replaced the rotary ones that some people use to connect anonymously in crosslines. The old house continues to haunt my dreams. I realize that when things from today and yesterday get mixed up in these recurring dreams which end up with me looking at a page of a calendar hung on the wall after I ask what year it is.

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Back to the house
With that rotary phone

Back to that old…
But where’s the dog?

Back to the house
where Parker’s without
a Misses?

Back to the stairs
Why wobbly, not tiled?

Back to the house
With streets, not the wild

Back to the house
With the calendar’s face: 1991;
Now so I know
I am dreaming again

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  • Daisy Peasblossom on Jun 30, 2009

    Dreams of childhood homes are like that. My great-grandparents house had a laundry chute that was the subject of many of my nightmares.

  • Unofre Pili on Jul 6, 2009

    This is so reminiscent of those good old days. I like your style.

  • Mikayla on Jul 14, 2009

    I often ‘go back in time’ when I dream..and it’s sad, cold and lonely.

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