i was working
in a household
i don't think i was a maid
but, hell, maybe i was
i'm not really sure
the dream wasn't about the work
it was just set there
i had done something really well
and i was being rewarded
we went to two pesos
and i got one of those taco salads
the kind that's in the shell
the shell is the best part
then we went back to the house
and she was breaking out the tequila
and i got a little drunk
and the dad, her husband i guess
he wanted to fire me
maybe i was the au pair
but apparently i was being drafted
not into the army, but rather
into some sort of national service
i had a specific date i was supposed to show up
i don't want to say when
but, as far as i know, nothing significant
happens or has happened on that date
but, as i went to fill out paperwork
i started talking to people
and i became convinced that it was like the peace corps or the coast guard
and was in no was guaranteed to be free of war
i just wasn't going to have any weapons
and i looked over at the wall
and it said something about the navy
but the way it affected me
it might as well have said: arbeit macht frei
and i decided that i had to figure out a way
not to go
which might have been easier before i filled out all the paperwork
this dream scared the shit out of me
