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i dream things i do not remember
and remember things i do not dream

i fall asleep on the train and forget who i am
not where i am or what i am doing but
who i actually am

at night on the edge of sleep
i remember girlfriends i have never had
i remember jobs i have never done

on the edge of sleep as sleep overtakes
me i become confused as to very simple
things like how many arms i have
and when my last tv show went out

i have a recurring dream that i am taking a class i never go to
i have been taking it all term and no one has noticed my absence
it is ok for now for now i am getting away with it
but i have a feeling i shall soon be found out

i wake with a lingering aftertaste
a bad feeling about


something


but i go to work anyway