Sunday, March 1, 2026

snakes that aren't snakes

DUDE 
I was feeling better 
& I started thinking about the world 
& that brought me to a 
STRANGE place 

the world feels strange


I FEEL like I should KNOW 
WHAT the DREAM 
MEANS

it was SO STRONG and I had it earlier 
in the course of the 
SLEEP 

REMEMBERED it
THROUGH 
I'm pretty SURE 

OTHER DREAMS 
which 
I DON'T remember 

THAT 
has GOT to MEAN -- I thought it was 

well, I mean, I guess it could just be memorable 

BUT 
the way MY MIND works 
I'm LOOKING for 
MEANING 

it was SO REAL -- it looked just like a snake

the shape 
of the HEAD was 
SO 
realistic 

it was moving it's head around in a kind of 
MESMERIZING 
way

BUT 
if you followed the body upwards 

it was clearly 
NOT 
a snake

although, honestly, not necessarily a 
CATERPILLAR 

clamped it's MOUTH to this
SKINNY little 
TREE

the KIND
that MIGHT pop UP in your 
YARD
without your really noticing 

was it in a
YARD
I don't THINK so 

it was MORE 
LIKE 

a NATURE documentary 
with GOOD camera

SHARP
hi def

it was
as I SAID -- mesmerizing 

& I've seen THINGS similar enough to KNOW 
they're NEVER as REALISTIC as ALL THAT 

which was primarily 
WHAT MADE it -- mesmerizing