reading the word he thought
it sounded like him he had readheard it
before but wouldnt bet wasnt a betting man exactly what it meant
but
it sounded like him
he went to his American
Heritage Dictionary of the English Language in red binding the first dictionary
ever to publish the definition of fuck 1969
and WhellshitNO oneiric wasnt in it oneiromancy was n.
Divination by dreams hmmm
then he went to his New Oxford American Dictionary 2005 oneiric There we go
adj. formal of or relating to
dreams or dreaming coined in 1859 from
Greek oneiros dream he went a step furthur discovering
oneirocritic mouthful “a judge or interpreter of dreams”
coined during the 1650s from Greek oneirokritikos “of or pertaining to the interpretation of
dreams” from oneirokrites “interpreter of dreams” from oneiros “a dream” +
krites “discerner, judge” (see critic)(he wouldnt hadnt any appreciation of them no more than he
had for a life coach)
Why
belabour it
because the only one who can
truly interpret their dreams is he or she who had them he was adamant the dreamer is like a child who is given a
ball they have no experience with if paying
attention one would see the child turn the ball over and over in their handslooking
it round and round seeing every aspect of it unfortunately adultsfamiliar with balls distinguishes BALL
Why go furthur
Did
you dream
I did.
Whadya dream
I don’t remember.
I dont remember feeble
he rememberedonly
could wished he was able to filmrecord them
they were astonishing
two nights back he dreamt
of attending a gathering of people who augmented their bodies he was the only one there who wasnt tattooed
or augmented one man had a boneribbed skinwebbed frill duckfeet that ran behind his head across his shoulders like that of a
stegosaurus another somehow lengthened his optic nerveshis eyeballs
blinking at the end of retractable stalks
like snails
he kept passing outbelieved
his drink was spiked coming to hed find several around him trying to pierce himaugment him hooks that
anchored thin wires off which small intricatelyworked bells and brightblinking
coloured lights hung he tore them offripped
his skin in a slidingglass door he
caught his bloodied reflection they stripped him down to his gray Jockey fitted boxers marooncolour streaking them
through the same
slidingglass door he eventually escaped onto a balcony suspended over black
water jumping in under it opening his
eyes he saw an underlit sea its rocking surface
reflecting him as in a funhouse mirror his wounds oozed they looked like
stringshe looked like a marionette
hes still working on that
dream
but he would
he was oneiric
ironic
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