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Dreams 09/04/06
Original High School Pot

Janet Kuypers, 09/04/06 8:06 AM #1

I was in high school
and apparently for this high school
you lived in a dorm,
so we were all living in this building
but it was high school
and we were all apparently
just a bunch of kids
trying to do well in school
and studying

so anyway, Original Cindy
(yes, from the Show “Dark Angel”)
was another student
at this high school
and she was a friend of mine
staying in the same dorm building
as I was

well anyway, she appareently
managed to get a ride
to go to a college town
to see friends
for a weekend or something
and she came back from her trip
a changed person
saying college is totally different
that they have pot there
and everything is so laid back

and I knew she had changed as a person
but I went about my business

anyway, I was downstairs
near the entrance
and I saw a few cops come in
I don’t know, four or five
and they were asking
where Original Cindy was

so I don’t know what they wanted her for
but I thought I’d at least give
Original Cindy a heads up
and tell her cops were looking for her
because the people at the front offices
would tell the cops where she lived

so I got to her room
and I could hear music playing
through the crack under her door
so being her friend, I just
opened the door to come in
and the room was dark,
except for black lights
and the room reeked of pot
and there were probably twelve people
in her room total

I walked in a few feet
saw a few people laying down and making out
so I just kept looking
in the black light
until I could see Original Cindy

when I spotted her I said,
“Original C,
just wanted to tell you
the cops are here
and they’re looking for you”

and she said
she didn’t care

and I told her
that she might want to try
to get the pot out of her room

and she said
she’s not going to change
and she’s not gonna let the cops
change her

and that’s all I can remember


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