Dreams are Real

dreary life fades away
red light enters my mind
elephants march by in my head
all of them are purple and pink
monkeys chase me all around
silver swords swing at my mind

all around me the monkeys swarm
resigning to my fate I lie down
everything goes fuzzy for a while

realizing I was asleep
everything makes sense
all the monkeys that dragged me away
left on the last train to Paris

Copyright Hugh Sullivan
December 1997
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