© 2007 Darren C. Demaree

THE LANGUAGE OF DREAMING

We are all dragons

in our dreams, breathing

fire verbs that send shudders

up our waking lives' spines;

There is no water in

my nights, no puddles

and no oceans, bare

bottomed and bold braided

my fantasies all include deserts

with mirages that would melt lead.

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