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I was in a building,
there were a few people in the room
I didn’t know what the problem was
you think I’m kidding,
I saw there was a large pitcher by the sink
and someone else was there
now, I know we weren’t on a boat
and after I evened out the water
I had no idea what was going on
and the weird thing
and that’s all I remember then
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Dreams 09/03/06
Janet Kuypers, 09/03/06 6:26 AM #1
The Room Is A Boat
a part of me think it was a house,
but I have no idea what house it was
it looked more like a hall or something,
but I was in this building
and I went into a large room with high ceilings
and they were all in a panic
and then I figured out that
to the people there, that room
felt like it was on a beat
and the tides were rising
or something
and so the room was rocking
like they were on a choppy boat ride
well,
there was a sink along a large counter
on the opposite side of the room
and the water levels
from the faucet
apparently had risen
and the water in the sink
was sloshing around
with the rocking of this entire room
and people were in a panic
that the water was going to keep rising
in this boat
or something
it was already wet
so I scooped water from one side of the sink
you know, it was one of those sinks
with two sides
and I’d scoop water form the side
that was almost full
and pour it into the side of the sink
that wasn’t full
you know, so it wouldn’t overflow
in my memories it seems someone like my sister
but looking back, I can’t tell you who it was
and she was taking a large sponge
to clean off the excess water
from the counters
that was sloshing around
from the room rocking so much
because it felt like we were on a boat
but it felt like we were
and
in the two halves of the sink
that was rising
because I don’t know why
the water seemed to stop rising in the sink
and I think the room stopped rocking so much
with the chaos in the room
but things started to seem calmer now
was that there was like music playing
throughout this building
and after everything had pretty much calmed down
I heard on the speakers playing in the room
(which was probably playing throughout the building)
playing music, and I heard a song I knew
so I turned around and saw a little kid there,
and I mentioned to the room
(though I don’t think anyone heard me)
that I knew the song,
that this was “Lung Shadows,”
by The The
(and this is a slow song,
but I was glad to hear it,
and I enjoyed feeling connected
to a song that was playing)
and when I realized the song
at that point I had walked to the center of the room
and this little boy was there,
on the outer edge
and it was like he wanted to play
some sort of game
so I’m half enjoying the music
and half acting like I’m thinking about chasing
this little boy,
I’ll take a step forward, pause,
then take a step backward
and this little boy was laughing
and he was kind of walking around in a circle
around the width of the room
and we were playing this little game
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