[Rough Draft After No Sleep, transcription of dream while
I am awake after the most horrible day of the past year]


hanging around a machine 
that was real big 
and a quarter came out 
after going through a maze 
and realizng that 
if I paid ten cents 
for every quarter 
and it took 5 minutes 
for every quarter 
to travel the maze, 
it would be unprofitable 
for me to spend 
the whole day doing it 
because it would only make 
about $1.80
an hour
even though 
I am getting money
for free.

and the mazes
would lose its novelty
no matter how many flags
or how many traps
or parts where the dime
knocks over dominos
or flies through the air
or makes the shoe
kick the bowling ball
into the bathtub
that scares the mouse
that runs to the cheese
that loses weight
and lets the lever rise
that sends the tennis ball
into the target
that sinks the clown 
into the water
that splashes the water
on the electric socket
that tells the computer
to release the quarter

oh wait she has a boyfriend
and my mom hates my poetry
and we can't find the road
and there's a bug in my ear
and everyone is sending me
nasty email

so no more 
intricate plans-
I am too busy
with the rest 
of my life.


-- 


-e.

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