READY FOR A NEW YEAR

If dreams are your subconscious trying to save your sorry ass then:

Climbing the stands of a ballpark takes you,

barefoot,

                to a train station.

At the station there is a girl you tried to call 

           that didn’t want you to call her

You call out her name three times
Dont she says
        Dont call me.

On the menu there are

               hot dogs cold beer and ice cream

and a guy you’ve only met once

           with the loudest most marvelous voice
His name is Dan and he is from Jersey

   New Jersey  

You find its amazing how kind people can be

Then some guy steals a car.

He steals the car and the crowd catches him

pulls him out of the car

and just before they beat the devil out of him

               You ask

“Has anyone called the cops?”

               

The disillusionist calls you to the stage

Smashes your watch

Cuts your tie in half

Now he is sawing the box in two

Your feet at one end

And your head at the other.

He says
Say the magic words and I’ll stop

Say the magic words and I’ll stop

Say the magic words and I’ll stop

You try to say the words and cant

Your mouth opens but nothing comes out

Your mouth opens but nothing comes out

Your mouth opens but nothing comes out

Your eyes open and you hear yourself say

“Abracadabra” out loud.
He stops.

You laugh out loud and back to sleep.

Close one.

There are swarms of fish.

Under the boat.

Look! Look at them all!

You drop your bare hook into the water.

Gosh. What I wouldn’t give for a live minnow right now.

At Niagara Falls

She comes out of the mist

in a red raincoat

The mist of what must be ages

You tell her “I haven’t seen you in forever”
She says “That’s not true. I just saw you earlier, at the train station”  
           She’s right.

           You saw her ten microseconds ago.
            

She takes you by the arm

                Walking to the river.

Climbing in a barrel

                And over the falls we go.

Dreams.

They are your subconscious trying to save your sorry ass.