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AN ALICORN BLADE IN THE HEART: by Wayan; 2010/12/18; a dream of a lucid flash A witch & I duel with blades of spiral horn. But we both just want to create an utterly truthful oracle. Can't we find a way not to fight? |
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AS A HILLSBOROUGH CHILD: by Barbara Gordon Paine; c.1960, a poem on a child's ear for idioms As a Hillsborough child I never heard the crash of twentynine walled streets that fell with a force that moved us away... |
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CLOUD WAR: by Wayan; 2012/12/22, a dream of eco-apocalypse on the darkest day of the year Clouds wake up. Maybe they were always aware, but now they're aware of us. And rage against us all. Oh, humanity'll survive. But easy times are over... CAUTION: PARTISAN INTERPRETATION |
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COAL FACE: by Al Davison; 1967, a recurring dream of coal-eating, magic and justice In my home town there were tales of coal-eaters. I dreamed of a miner who transformed the mine-owner into a canary--at a price. He became coal himself... CAUTION: GRIM MINE, HARSH SACRIFICE |
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THE COST OF ECO-REGULATIONS: by Wayan; 1997/2/14, a dream edict. I dream an economist admits not only that eco-regs pay off, but that economic theory is faulty. Dream on! |
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DEVILMENT: by Wayan, 2017/8/13, two dreams on Queen Bee syndrome, fusing Milton & Milton Friedman A Queen Bee devil kidnaps my grandniece; I kill her to free the child. Turns out even Hell's leaders are relieved. She returns as a satanic housing developer. Slicker this time, but just as crooked. Must I kill her again? CAUTION: DEVILS, VIOLENCE (NONGRAPHIC) |
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DO WHAT YOU LOVE: by Wayan; 2012/11/17; a recession song. 5MB (MP3 + lyrics) Do what you love and the money will follow! We sang it in clubs & cafes. Well maybe it did once, but now it rings hollow; I ain't had money in days... |
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THE DRAGON ECONOMIST: by Wayan, 2011/1/7, a surreal dreamlet prodding me An economist gets a job as a dragon guarding a data-treasure. Heroes plot to slay him, but I trust the dragon more than the heroes... |
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EFFORT VERSUS APTITUDE: by Wayan, 2017/8/23, a dream about... oh, read the title. I urge a cafe to host a talented Tarot reader with an amazing aura, but the owner says "Anyone can be psychic with practice." Oh? Can practice make you Einstein, too? |
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ETHICAL INVESTING: by Wayan; 2012/8/11, a financial-advice dream I go to an investment counselor who asks ME for advice! I lay out a plan, then wonder it'd work in nonfinancial affairs too... |
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EVOLUTION'S DULL: by Wayan; 1997/7/22, a science rant. Evolution is like baseball--a game of inches, efficiency, constraints. Surely we can do better.... CAUTION: CONTAINS THOUGHT |
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FAMILY JESTERS: by Wayan; 2017/3/15, a dream mixing Kurt Vonnegut and My Little Pony Coastal unicorns are slender; inlanders bloat. Genes, diet, both? Inland bosses enslave their gracile minority. Performing pets! Jesters caged, chained & handicapped to heighten the wonder they can do their art at all... CAUTION: TROUBLING SOCIAL ANALOGIES |
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FORESEE ELECTION, BUT BLIND TO SEX: by Wayan; 2012/10/23, a predictive dream only half heeded On hearing the election results, a girl at Esalen Hot Springs joyfully dances naked around me. I heed the dream's prediction about the election, but not about... CAUTION: NUDITY |
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GAFTA: by Wayan; 1996/5/9, a pro-sabotage dream. The aliens offer us a Galactic Free Trade Agreement, but my friends and I think it's a disastrous deal... CAUTION: MORAL AMBIGUITY |
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HAMM: by Wayan; 2008/9/26, a dream poem; Dreamverse #31 A lecturer tries to help the homeless founder of Hamm's Beer, robbed by bankers. But the talk may harm more than help... |
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THE HAUNTED CODE: by Wayan; 2017/6/16, a warning dream about denying history A mail-order warehouse in Kansas sends ghost-infected software out, causing mayhem. But less than when Kansas exported the killer flu 100 years ago... CAUTION: DISSES KANSAS & CAPITALISM, FOR GOOD HISTORICAL REASONS |
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HILLBILLY ECO-REVOLT: by Wayan; 1985/6/12, a diagnostic eco-dream. A poor planet with one city. Urban technocrats and hick ecologists have conflicting development models... CAUTION: TOO REAL TO BE FUN |
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A HOUSE BY THE RIVER: by Wayan; 2011/10/10; a possibly psychic but definitely practical dreamlet. I find bargain homes in a hidden tract by the river. I think "My sister's house-hunting, call her!" She calls me... |
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I WANT A SHILLING: Anonymous #4; c.1920?, a dream on the precise value of ideals I’m at a lecture on Art, Beauty and the Nude, but no one paid the model and he wants a drink... |
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JAREDIA: by Wayan; 770K, 26 illus, early 2003, a nondream sculpture/photoessay/travelog. I tilted the Earth to create a tropical supercontinent from Bali to Tierra del Fuego. What will evolve there--and on the new tropical Antarctica? |
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JOE COOL IN FINANCIAL HELL: by Wayan; 2009/6/15; Dreamverse #46 When the school district goes bankrupt, students flee creditors into a hell-cave. But Joe Cool can skateboard even on lava in the Pit... |
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KISS THE CATS: by Wayan; 2008/8/23, a dream poem, Dreamverse #13 I have to kiss a mess of cats. Fishy, but I'm not chicken. My real beef is with the humans watching... |
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LET'S PLEASE THE RICH: by Wayan; 1998/6/24, a disgusting proposal The rich block reform. So let's offer the rich what they really want: ranking and attention... CAUTION: CHIMPONOMICS |
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LILY OXYGEN: by Wayan; dreamed 1984/1/19, drawn 2000; a strong psychic dream. I'm Emily Dickinson reborn in 2100 as a breeder of hydroponic lilies, till my dad drafts me as an Arctic energy-prospector, where I meet a ghost, a fiery Beast, a new me, and the girl of my dreams... CAUTION: QUEER-POSITIVE, NUDE PROSPECTORS, GNOMIC DICKINSON QUOTES |
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MAGIC SCHOOL: by Wayan, 1982/1/26: a waking event and replying dream. Phyllis Schlafly, killer of the Equal Rights Amendment, provokes a dream of being Captain Kirk trapped in a magic school with no way out but the graduate exam. Can I learn the lesson of the tree? CAUTION: POLITICAL JOURNALISM BEFORE THE DREAM. OH NO! |
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MORAL FIBER: by Wayan; 1997/11/10, a dream of trouble in Ecotopia. We hippies won, but now we're backward and isolated; it's time we joined the rest of our alternate Earth... |
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PANIC ATTACK IN MY SLEEP; 2012/1/11 by Rainier Mathee; a nightmare on every level No work, no friends, no lover. People power-drill their own skulls. My uncle's going insane. And when I call 911... CAUTION: BLEAK |
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PIKETTY'S CAPITAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY: by Wayan; 2017/1/19, my take on his controversial book Thomas Piketty argues we obsess on income, ignore capital. My experience suggests he's right. Track wealth, tax wealth... CAUTION: NON-DREAM RANT, ECONOMICS, HOW TO GET RICH SLOW |
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PINHEAD HEAVEN: by Wayan; 2013/7/12, an absurd dream-poem I'm in heaven. But... what can you do up here? And it's so small. Where is everyone?... CAUTION: WE FIND OUT |
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PREGNANCY FROM HELL: by Wayan; 1994/6/6, a predictive dream-farce. I'm pregnant with the Antichrist. This is going to ruin my vacation! Why do I think this is all about money? |
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REJECT THE TRUMP GIG: by Wayan; 2017/7/5, a dream warning me not to sell out Now and then I model. I'm offered a gig doing ads for Trump--at $1000 a session! Tempting, but no. As I go home, my cabbie is shocked--"I'd take that gig!" "But would you really?"... CAUTION: HARSH TO COMPROMISERS |
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RUBBISH: by Naguib Mahfouz; dreamed 2001? A dream of advice from the dead. My dead friend lost patience with the local dump, so I beat the trash--and out came shining people... |
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A SEAMY REALITY: by Wayan; 1999/10/21, a surreal predictive dream. Sharp seams between realities cross Silicon Valley; I end up in the Dark Castle of the Oracle. When I wake... |
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SKY-THAW; 2012/6/8 by Wayan; a comic, surreal, political dream-poem While watching two rooftop actors (one a chicken) I noticed the icebergs in the sky were melting at last... |
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SPACE PIE: by Wayan; 1999/4/8, a sociological jungle-gym dream. I'm a Latina crossing the border at a nightmare bridge, while an Anglo rants at me about the Space Race... |
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TWO CENTURIES OF PROGRESS: by Edwin Muir; 1938-9, two dreams and an extraordinary mini-essay Yesterday, Hitler marched into town. I was born before the Industrial Revolution, and am now about 200 years old... |
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VAMPIRE TESTS: by Wayan; 2015/8/22, a lurid dream-response to a quiet day Captain Kirk is testing vampire myths on a world where they don't bleed you dry. At the moment, three vamps are sitting in a tent in a sunny meadow, queasy but alive... CAUTION: FINANCIAL VAMPIRES? |
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WOLF, NO WOLF: by Wayan; 1996/7/24, a nondream rant on place. Is there really that much difference between the rootless yuppies flooding the West, and war refugees? |
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A WORLD TOO WEIRD FOR WORDS: by Wayan, 2011/1/21, a utopian dream--or is it? I'm in a college class studying a bizarre alternate Earth where anarchist co-ops never evolved and (of all things) money rules all... CAUTION: SCORNS CAPITALISM |
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YEATS: by Wayan; 1990/1/1, a nondream poem wrestling with Yeats's dreams & visions Our dilemma is, now that we have the power to get what we want... what exactly was it we wanted? |
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ZERO SUM: by Wayan; 1996/5/29, a game-theory dream. I'm lecturing to a crowd: "Love's a win-win game, and abuse, lose-lose. But blame is zero-sum..." |
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ZILLIONAIRE'S TOWER: by Wayan; 2012/2/9, a financial climbing dream My mild yuppie friend Lou climbs a bank tower to reach his rich mentor, and wins an internship. But as he swears his oath to Get Rich Quick... CAUTION: DISSES CUTTHROAT CAPITALISM |
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ZOMBIE RUSH-HOUR: by Wayan; 1993/12/14, a predictive nightmare. I'm in an apartment co-op in Silicon Valley where people share their skills--till rush hour begins... |
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