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AT LEAST HE'S A DOCTOR: by Wayan; 1982/4/7, a sharp warning dream. I'm a Puertorriqueña who falls for an Anglo doctor, but he's not what he seems... CAUTION: UNDERAGE SEX, CREEPY GUY, VICIOUS FIGHT |
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BONK VERONICA: by Wayan; 1997/4/1, 9-page dream-comic on body image The world's first all-bulemic band, Veronica and the Vomits, provokes a riot at our local punk club. So I go to Anorexic Bootcamp where models learn self-defense under fire, as calories and fat jokes whiz by... CAUTION: BARF, HORNY ANOREXIC, FOOD FIGHT |
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THE BURBS: by Wayan; 1990/7/1, a true-story poem. A perfectionist gardener builds perfect planterboxes while his seedlings starve. And so I left the burbs... |
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CENTAUR, WOBBLY: Wayan; digital sketch 1990 based on dream I can't trace. Wise advice from a funny looking centauress at a nude beach... CAUTION: CRUDE NUDE |
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CIRCUS GIRL: by Wayan; 1993/1/10, a dream of love and trouble. I fall for a circus girl. Her brother is jealous, so all the dwarves show up with guns... CAUTION: INCEST ISSUES |
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FIGURE DRAWING: ALL MUST BE PRECISE: by Wayan; crayon, 1995/2/6, sketch of studio classmate An elegant, sexy classmate of mine, a fastidious feline island in our sea of grubby manic sketchers... |
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FIVE ELVISH DREAMS: by Dolores J. Nurss; 2005/6/10-2005/6/19, an incubated lucid-dream sequence 1: I visit Elrond and Bilbo in Elvenhome, but overthinking traps me in a timeloop; 2: Elrond says he renounces seriousness for joy, and plans a great, inclusive party; 3: I feel unworthy, but set out on a desert quest with Elrond's young apprentice; 4: I meet joyful, drunken, singing elves but hide in a tree, too shy to join in; 5: I meet a nervous elven singer and a dolphin trapped in a tiny pool in my bedroom... |
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ICEBERG WRANGLERS: by Wayan; 2015/8/4, an otherworldly dream-poem Captain Ahab's part-whale students are better ice wranglers than I'll ever be-- wrestling icebergs of possibility round to their best outcomes, in this pea-soup sea... |
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MAGICAL GRADUATION: by Wayan, 2018/4/22, twin dreamlets on letting go and being yourself I befriend author Andre Norton--an ageless high-school kid writing enthused fan fiction, forever... I find my Niche--the stone nook that decides if I'm a journeyman mage! Here comes my prophecy... |
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PIANO-PLAYING JANE: by Jane, 1972-3?, recurring frustration dreams When I try to play the piano in public I get sabotaged. At last I see a child who says she can't play while she's in pain... |
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PORTALS: by Wayan; 2020/7/30, a dream about family, uh, bonding... I sneak into a mansion where a mom & daughter bond by interrogating willing victims who get off on the bondage. Later, Inquisitor Girl and I are waiting to use a teleportation gate and discover we have something in common: not just weird moms, but even weirder dads... CAUTION: KINKY FAMILY VALUES |
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THE QUICKSTEP: by Gayle Delaney, 1976, a joyful lucid dream I face the Quickstep, the final test for high-level ice dancing. I do well, yet the judges fail me--for trivia. Then I realize I passed this test years ago! These judges are my nitpicking inner critics. I ignore them, and joyfully soar, spin and fly... |
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THE SEX WORKSHOP: by Wayan; 1997/4/6, a dream on taking the next step. The teacher of our sex workshop picks me for a demonstration in front of everyone. Gulp... CAUTION: WELL WHAT DO YOU THINK? |
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SILKY SHIELDS A VANDAL: by Wayan; 1994/8/6, a cautionary dream. I'm a kid in a classroom someone's trashed. Our teacher goes ballistic. But was the gypsy girl framed? |
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THE TUBA MAN: by Wayan; 1982/7/8, a career-advice dream; watercolor sketch. Tuba Man plays from the top of a tower, even when Loveless Man opens fire; for music is life to him... |
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