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holywood
dream creativity
if available in waking
would make every man
a dante or shakespeare
wrote frederic hedge
but dream writers
in heaven not earth
with producers
actors and
audience of angels
drawing on your
memories and any
faces they choose
die and become
star in mortal dreams
star in holywood
earth time is
not dream time
many minutes
of rem are few
in heaven
dream
as screenplay
one page
one minute
dream creativity
if available in waking
would make every man
a dante or shakespeare
wrote frederic hedge
but dream writers
in heaven not earth
with producers
actors and
audience of angels
drawing on your
memories and any
faces they choose
die and become
star in mortal dreams
star in holywood
earth time is
not dream time
many minutes
of rem are few
in heaven
dream
as screenplay
one page
one minute
israel omen
netanyahu indicted
but elected
promised retribution
war on seven fronts
donald trump indicted
but elected
promised retribution
war on seven fronts?
netanyahu indicted
but elected
promised retribution
war on seven fronts
donald trump indicted
but elected
promised retribution
war on seven fronts?
line of fire
strange symmetry
rows of burned cars
lahaina
rows of burned cars
israel
force of nature
folly of man
murders in a row
is folly of man
a force of nature?
strange symmetry
rows of burned cars
lahaina
rows of burned cars
israel
force of nature
folly of man
murders in a row
is folly of man
a force of nature?
monk mode
penance
for sins
against planet
buzz cuts
for everything
small screens
small cars
better still
two wheels
not four
brown rice
kale, tofu
mandarin orange
but no
mandarin palace
sensible shoes
flip phone
four ounces
of beer or wine
if that
penance
for sins
against planet
buzz cuts
for everything
small screens
small cars
better still
two wheels
not four
brown rice
kale, tofu
mandarin orange
but no
mandarin palace
sensible shoes
flip phone
four ounces
of beer or wine
if that
neurotic
neurosis
big in seventies
woody allen
obsessions
sex, love, god
meaning of life
she’s neurotic
she’s adorable
needs a hug
see analyst
lie on couch
new yorker
cartoons
neurotics
eclipsed by
depression
bipolar
crazy homeless
is neurosis
just a first world
white people
thing?
neurosis
big in seventies
woody allen
obsessions
sex, love, god
meaning of life
she’s neurotic
she’s adorable
needs a hug
see analyst
lie on couch
new yorker
cartoons
neurotics
eclipsed by
depression
bipolar
crazy homeless
is neurosis
just a first world
white people
thing?
paradise lost
stupid girl
stupid boy
all you had you wanted
all you had you wasted
every one of you
the devil inside
gas up with greed
cee oh two
hellfire
paradise cali
hellfire
paradise maui
carbon stinks
to high heaven
lucifer with torch
at the gate
stupid girl
stupid boy
all you had you wanted
all you had you wasted
every one of you
the devil inside
gas up with greed
cee oh two
hellfire
paradise cali
hellfire
paradise maui
carbon stinks
to high heaven
lucifer with torch
at the gate
paris hotel
rising stars
in paris hotel
nineteen fifty-nine
leslie caron
at front desk
truman capote
in lobby
he asks me
to his room
in bed i allow him
to hug me
on walk i say
he is friend
even my analyst
return alone
to hotel
caron trips and falls
into my arms
i’m too old for this
rising stars
in paris hotel
nineteen fifty-nine
leslie caron
at front desk
truman capote
in lobby
he asks me
to his room
in bed i allow him
to hug me
on walk i say
he is friend
even my analyst
return alone
to hotel
caron trips and falls
into my arms
i’m too old for this
dream dictionary
says truman is me
my own best
friend and counselor
but maybe dream
is less about me
and more about me
telling you
there are gays
in heaven
the movie set
of our dreams
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Images Filet antique lace, 1918, public domain; Truman Capote, public domain
Robert S Urbanek grew up in Southern California and earned a BA in journalism from California State University, Long Beach, in 1973. He has more than two decades of experience as a writer and editor for community newspapers and medical and legal-related publications, which included several years each with the National Notary Association, The Doctors' Company, and CCH Incorporated. © Robert S Urbanek