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If dream people were the world
we would inhabit a singular
consciousness that would
be pulled through one
inexplicable scenario
after another
like a goat upon a rope.
If dream people were the world
our lives and landscapes
would change beyond reason,
streets and buildings
in constant flux.
All those around us
would change in kind,
trading names and faces.
Directions to our shifting
destinations would be
tedious and ludicrous.
We would remain
lost between
event horizons: our
own altered histories
and future visions
that would never transpire.
If dream people were the world
there would be no time
for reflection.
We would never decipher
the language of our lives
despite the metaphoric clues
all around us.
We would never wake up
to realize
we were dreaming.