he dreamt he parlayed with a
stranger he never saw
who wouldnt admit to having one
until he had six
an holding onto the surplus of five
hed try terribly hard not to dip into them
he mentioned the dream to her
they sat side by side on the long
green couch watching nearly mesmerised the low winter sunlight weaving itself into
the faint white vapors off their French press
You never saw him she asked
No
What do you think he meant by six
I dont know he said Cryptic
Well I have two ideas
Two he marveled
Yes Would you care to hear
Yes I woke several times after dreaming it an every time I reminded myself not to forget hold onto his voice
his remark An damn if I didnt
The two either women or beer
Hah
Dont you think
Yes Six Six women a sixpak of beer
Whos the comedian now An how could you conceive of six women
Seems obvious
ObviousSix women he laughed Hold five
surfeit What a brave guy
You couldnt keep six women
Why would Iyou know me
Six if you dont mind me saying so sounds like a good number of women
Six women to one man
Not every man Im talking about you
Oh youre sweet So in addition to yourself . .
. . Never in addition to mebut if I could share you I think you could
satisfy five other women
Now whos dreamin
I wouldnt
An I wouldnt for a variety of reasons I probably dont have to illuminate
for you you knowing me as well as you do
Sounds like violence
An not a kind of violence I would perpetrate on anyone
Other violences
Sure A violence warranted But to keep someone . .
. . Theyd want to be kept
No I wouldnt keep anyone least of
all one who wanted to be kept
Im only saying that I think if
you wanted you could Youre fulltime filled with maddening nervous energy Provocative Insightful
One a day an a day of rest to
myself or two two an two an four days to myself
You take me seven days a week
Because I can take you week after
week seven days a week But I dont keep you
No true No you dont
Then what What do you make of your parlay with an unseen man
As I said cryptic I mentioned it because Ive yet to make heads
or tails of it an thought you might have something constructive
Certainly nothing as audacious as youve
given me
I think thats a loaded question
Though I could suppose you may
want five more if you dont want to erode your surplus
As I said
I never saw him Which isnt to say
you might not have augmented your voice when you entered my dream
Sweetheart
Now youre really dreaming
1635, Saturday,
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