I had a dream about you last night
at least I think it was about you
or you in me
because you were the one
who bought and sold the house
in my dream
and changed my life completely
once
and then four more times
disturbances fit to be revisited
and played out in my restless unguarded
mind
I did not see you but you were there
I felt your presence
in one part of the dream
you had bought an odd caravan truck
a travelling house with different rooms in it
I marveled at a small room in the back
then let you use my car
because it was better for driving
and more practical
in another part of the dream
the one I woke up from
you had rebought the house in Appleton
but it was much fancier
with more rooms for you to fuss over
with porches and in back
two wonderful little grass terraces
bordered by low bushes and benches
quiet places to relax
and a beautiful hand push mower
to keep them perfect
in the dream our big barn was much larger
with people living in it
including a woman and two children
I’ve dreamed about the barn before
and people living in small hidden rooms there
the Appleton barn is familiar to my dreams
but this version of the house out there
was brand new
as the dream progressed
the house filled with people
adults and children back from an outing
filling the front circular driveway
and spilling into the house
someone had driven a sedan
through an open
multi-windowed double door
into our living room
people were everywhere
I stopped a small boy from pounding
his baby brother
when the baby came over to his brother
to kiss him
the movie of them kissing
woke me up