i meant to write this earlier, but then i forgot and just now remembered

i was trying to
when i went to sleep that is
trying to get into your head
i'm pretty sure i've done it before
but it's been a while
and i guess
i just wanted to be close to you

anyway
i couldn't do it
and then i was tired and just fell asleep

then
when i woke up
i was in a kind of a weird mood
so i was asking for some kind of insight
and
i just fell back asleep
but
i had this dream:

i was in a car
getting a ride
the dream started in the car
so i didn't know
not right away
why
i was getting a ride

this girl was driving

she had on some headset
might have been a hands free
that's what i assumed
and she was speaking japanese

not like she was japanese
in fact
i'm not sure now
i think maybe she was japanese
but she didn't speak japanese
i mean
she was
but not quite right
her cadence was a little off
she had pauses in odd places
she wasn't fluent
and
of course
i couldn't understand her
except
i could
a little
because she was thinking it so hard
i could pick up bits

she was describing
someplace she had been
and i kept getting
sky
she was talking about the way the sky had looked

and i was thinking
she was a little rude
for completely ignoring me
but
as i began to open up to the dream
i realized
we were driving down avenue b
away from my mechanic
toward my house

my mechanic and the several attractive sons and nephews
who have
over the years
given me rides
are all male
and
all greek

so
i do not know where this japanese girl
comes into the picture
and
as i pondered it
i am not even sure
she was talking on the phone
she might
indeed
have been
trying to learn japanese
from audio lessons


and
it was over
i was awake
and wondering
was that really japanese
how could i possibly dream in japanese
even bad japanese
what was that
about