Last night I had a worrisome dream:
I kept losing my way down the waterslide
my skin burnt and peeling on the hot plastic
material
I came to a fiery halt
halfway down
dejected and thirsty, water lapping at my toes
II
Mick Jagger appeared on TV
to accept an award
His mouth all crinkly around the edges
like a smoker
He wore bad sunglasses
a kelly green polyester
sportcoat and my mother’s wig
He wasnt smiling
when the grandmatron handed him his award
III
I stumbled onto an orgy
in a room filled with
snakes smoking cigarettes
I stood there naked
able to focus my eyes
upon the writhing smoke
IV
The light shone through the curtains
The lake a mirror of empty sky
Today is Friday, I thought
before trudging upstairs to make coffee
light a cigarette and go back to work
