lymphoma

The fear was behind him. Embracing it as a new adventure. A test of who he was and who he would be when it was done. Flanked by those that loved him he threw the things that he felt would help carry him through in a shoulder pack and set off into the stark sterile realm of the souls that heal and nurture. Knowing full well that no matter how unpleasant it might become life is indeed sweetest on the edge.

pork chop and sweet potato dream

     Lester discovered if he completely cleaned and polished the fifth wheel of a semi rig, physical dreams could be manifest from it. Then the dreams could be applied to someone as a concious inoculation simply by suggestion. Like hypnosis. Every aspect of the dream would be tweaked and dialed in before hand. Even things like skin tone and texture were adjusted to an optimum. As a subtle calling card. Lester would always have water running uphill during the experience.
     Once activated. The dreams ran smoothly like a clock spring wound just to the point of being too tight. Each dream was a miniature life lived in light of rippling warm water, lived in a matter of minutes, in which the dreamer was physically and spiritually perfect. Nubile. Sexy. Almost beyond comprehension. Feeling it to their very core.

     And once lived. The dreamer knew it was gone forever. But grateful to have lived something so incredibly sumptuous they would later sit, smile and ponder the eternal sublime.  

rush

     Looking down. He turned the prints quickly so he could feel the breath of the art as well as see it's shape and color. Each time, each breath caused brown and old silver whisps to dance about his ears. Stopping on a Parrish print he considered how the color and light reminded him of existance on the other side.
     " Look at this one." She said. And when he looked up it was as if he saw muli colored flowers reflected in the gray green pools of her soul. It was a print of vibrantly colored flowers set against a mottled green background. " It looks happy." She said. And he agreed. " Like springtime. Warm and damp and cheerful."

simple rapture

He finished eating the stew. A delicious treat on a cold winter night. Beside him his dog stared with interest at the near empty bowl. Cupping the bowl, he presented it to the dog who began to lap the remaining contents enthusiastically. Leaning in close, watching just above the rim as the bowl rests in his hands, he watched the broad warm tongue and the moist pink muzzle of his dear friend caress the bowl's inner surface reverently. Savoring. Almost seductively. Near worship. And he saw the simple rapture in his dog's eyes. A minor kindness. A daily ritual. A miniscule act of love that meant so much to them both.  

mama's soup dream

I dreamed how good it felt to sleep and that everything in the world was on one inch white ceramic tiles. I bought a Duke Power building even though I really didn't want it and sold the copper contents to cover the cost. The duke Power tile was smooth and slightly rounded with a faint silver cast to it. I bought the Parthenon and kept it in my pocket so I could pull it out and look at it whenever I wanted. Thieves tried to steal Chef M's Mercury Mountaineer but couldn't because Chef M. had a key in his butt that started everything he owned. The thieves persuaded me to go for a ride with them in a gold Corolla convertible with yellow hounds tooth interior. The wind during the drive was soothing as I pulled the Parthenon from my pocket and rubbed it's cracked, bone like surface. I dreamed my sleep was warm and sleek and compact. And the Parthenon was mine to keep forever.