Presidential Dreams
A few of these dreams, like Trump on the Run and Ordeal by Infrastructure, refer to presidents years before the WERE presidents! Mysterious.
By the way, I hear there's a whole book collecting hundreds of dreams about presidents--supposed to be quite funny. Anyone know the title?
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ARIEL and THE UNICORN COMMITMENT: by Wayan; 1983/12/26-27, an epic psychic dream & sequel DREAM: to stop an idiotic bout of war-fever, I have to take on the power of the Goddess herself... NEXT DAY: I stumble on a fantasy book, Ariel, full of details straight out of the dream... THAT NIGHT: I sign the Unicorn Commitment, but personalize the magical contract... CAUTION: DISSES REAGAN & SOUTHERN MASCULINITY |
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BIDENT: by Wayan; 2019/9/29, a punning political nightmare The Evil Librarians drop a 19th Century book-character on my head--a blue-skinned paranoid! He tries to kill me with a trident missing one prong... a Bident? Oh, no! He's Joe B... CAUTION: DIM VIEW OF TWO 2020 CANDIDATES |
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THE BRIDGE: by Wayan; a 3-page comic from two linked dreams, 1989/5/28 & 1989/10/1. The Hunt of the Unicorn (yeah, guess who I am), as I fly through the worlds fighting Reaganism... CAUTION: MOCKS THE GREAT COMMUNICATOR |
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BUGS AND ROOSEVELT: by Wayan; 1982/5/2, a wild predictive dream illustrated as an epic poem I'm Bugs Bunny. I torment Daffy Duck till I learn that in many time-branches the New Deal happened late... or never. I decide to prod a reluctant Franklin Delano Roosevelt... CAUTION: FIRESIDE PETTING, DUCK TORTURE, BAD POLITICS |
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CHELSEA AND THE PRESIDENTIAL COMPLEX: by Wayan; 1999/12/25, an odd political (?) dream. I was hot tubbing and flirting... so how'd I end up as Chelsea Clinton running for office? |
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A CLINTONIAN AFFAIR: by “Kate”; 2008/2/18, a dream of strange political bedfellows indeed Hillary Clinton and George W. Bush were having a secret love affair, and I was sharing their bed... |
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CLUB MED OR PRISON?: by Wayan, 2019/5/29, a politicizing dream I'm a woman trapped in a Sahara refugee camp. The only way out is to marry a rich jerk. Try to escape but fail. Now an enemy out to kill me takes over. I have to turn and fight... CAUTION: HARSH ON BOTH TRUMP & BIDEN |
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COOLIDGE'S DUCK: by Wayan; 1981/4/29, a political dream. Calvin Coolidge takes over the White House and invites his rich fossil friends over for a bath and a song... |
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DE GAULLE: by Hélène Cixous, 1998/5/20; a dream perhaps hiding a political metaphor General De Gaulle gives me a ride in his armchair with the plexiglass roof. Alarming--since he drives backward at full speed... |
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DOG IN A CASSOCK: by Wayan, 1972/2/3, a comically surreal dream-poem A master criminal is tracked down by a hound in a monk's robe who's introduced to me as... the President of the United States? |
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DOUBLE FUNERAL: by Rick Veitch; c.1995; a nightmare on the First Gulf War? Two kids I grew up with are dead. We carry their still-smoking corpses by the home of George Bush... CAUTION: BURNT BODIES |
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FEATHERHOLDERS: by Wayan; 2020/5/18, a dream of a strange career My friend Xanthe steals a sorceror's magic feathers and creates a police force to curb the misuse of magic. But I'm no featherholder; I'm the dispatcher... |
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FIND SOMEONE SPIRITUAL, STUPID!: 1996/9/5, by Wayan; dream-figure, clay, 9" tall A sculpted reminder I hung over my desk like Clinton's sign "It's The Economy, Stupid!"... CAUTION: NUDITY, PRESIDENTIAL MOCKERY |
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FIRE IN THE BELLY: by Wayan; mid 1990s crayon of (nondream) vision I have 'fire in the belly', so I cheer up--if the magazines are right, I'll be President. But it's just bad food... CAUTION: BELLYACHING |
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FIRST LADY: by Alder; 2008/7/2, a possibly psychic dream-within-a-dream. I'm the First Lady. I have a dream that my husband's assassinated, and wake and try to warn him... |
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FOOD CAME BETWEEN US: by Wayan, 1993/4/25, an incubated epic diagnostic dream. The terror of Navy breakfast, the joy of filterfeeding, how to marry pudding, and a sniper lunch with kisses... |
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HILLARY AND TEAL: by "A 24-Year-Old Californian Woman"; around 2008/2/28, an absurd political dream Hillary Clinton hid her cancer, but the GOP found out. So a monster kidnaps Rainbow Brite, and... |
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HILLARY’S EYES: by Margaux Williamson; February 2008, a political romance dream Hillary Clinton was trying to seduce me, and doing a pretty good job, too... |
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IN MY DARKEST HOUR: by Arlo Guthrie; 1967, a song heard in a dream. A man in a castle plots against his enemies, while his rebel-daughter meets her lover outside... |
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IT'S A DEAD MAN'S PARTY: by Wayan; 1988/10/18, a nightmare of identity. I find myself at a creepy party supporting a dead man who's running for office. And am I Dan Quayle? CAUTION: HORROR BEYOND HORROR. YOU ARE DAN QUAYLE. |
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JACK DANIELS: by Wayan; 1983/10/14, three dreams critiquing a (real!) ESP experiment gone awry A car crashes & burns--but the driver bailed! No one to save... A miner stabs a baby "because everyone not underground is evil"... Radar O'Reilly from MASH, President Calvin Coolidge and I confuse who's who... |
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KICK THE PRESIDENT: by Wayan; 1999/6/1, a dream on consequences. I win a free game of Kick the President. But what if everyone can see your kick-ass Prez but you? CAUTION: THIS DREAM IS MONITORED BY THE SECRET SERVICE |
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LBJ OR WOODROW?: by Lyndon Baines Johnson; July-Sept 1955 and Feb-Mar 1968, recurring paralysis dreams From the neck up I was me; from the neck down, Woodrow Wilson in his old age, paralyzed. My presidential aides divided up my duties, and ignored me... |
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LBJ SHACKLED: by Lyndon Baines Johnson; c.1962, a nightmare foreseeing his presidency I started to get up from my chair, but I couldn't move. I looked down at my legs and saw they were manacled to the chair with a heavy chain... |
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LBJ'S RIVER NIGHTMARE: by Lyndon Baines Johnson; Feb-Mar 1968, a nightmare on political paralysis I was trapped in a river, trying to swim to shore. But I was in a powerful eddy. No matter which way I swam... |
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LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION DREAM: by Abraham Lincoln, ca.March 31 1865, a predictive nightmare. Lincoln dreamt his body was lying in state in the White House. A guard said he'd been assassinated. Two weeks later... |
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NIXON AND CHOU: by John Wren-Lewis, c.1973, a character-evaluation dream of Ann Faraday DREAM: I'm in the White House. Nixon blows his nose on the curtains! I think "despite his crudity, he reached out to China." DAY: my wife Ann has a cold--she's Nixon! The dream concedes she has private flaws, but she's pioneered dream research... |
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NIXON NOSE: by Wayan; 1997/12/10, a predictive dreamlet. A dream girl with a giant ski-jump nose turns out to be less symbolic than expected... |
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NIXON'S BLANKET POLICY: by Wayan; 1974/5/30, a political dream. After a class in nonverbal communication, I meet Richard Nixon under embarrassing circumstances... |
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ORDEAL BY INFRASTRUCTURE: by Wayan; 1987/11/22, a Clintonian dreamtale--before Clinton! I want to join the inner circle of America's political elite. But to do that I have to survive the Ordeal by Infrastructure... |
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PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD: by Wayan; 2009/10/19, an illustrated dream poem; Dreamverse #61 I get stuck with a one-year mandatory gig as President of the World, just as Saudi Arabia collapses, and fools rush in... |
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PRESIDENTIAL TACO: by Robert Adams, art by Jesse Reklaw; pre-2000; a dream farce I botched President Clinton's taco. And on the way home, I fell in the river. Luckily, Jesse Jackson happened by and pulled me out, restoring my faith in... |
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RONALD REAGAN STOLE MY SOUL!: by Wayan; 1983/3/7; a dream-comic I was a robot who had a soul--till the Reagans stole it! I track them down, and demand it back. Simply confronting them works--the hole inside me is filled... CAUTION: CAUSTIC POLITICS |
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THE SEA-HAG RIOT: by Wayan; 1989/6/5, a wild dream hiding a warning. Aliens, hypnotherapy, dancing molars, riots, witches, flying pianos, lettuce... yet there is a point. |
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STOP OBAMA'S ASSASSINATION: by Wayan; 2012/2/10. A dream about politics? Or health? Two child prodigies fail to stop the killers stalking President Obama, but a geek with a homemade laser... |
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TRUMP ON THE RUN: by Wayan; 1990/3/8, a suspiciously predictive dream The manhunt is on for Donald Trump, rich sociopath. But he too is pursuing something: happiness... |
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TRUMPOCALYPSE UNDERLING: by Wayan, 2020/5/3, a reality-based nightmare Donald Trump is Satan. I'm just a low-level devil, under his thumb. I feel helpless to stop his businesslike plans for the Apocalypse... CAUTION: POLITICAL RAGE; PREDICTS COVID'S LATER WAVES |
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TUTUCHMAN: by Wayan; 1994/4/11; book-inspired digital sketch I read Barbara Tuchman's history of the American Revolution and had to paint this portrait of George... CAUTION: TRANSVESTITE PRESIDENTIAL ICONOGRAPHY |
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VERY FUNNY, MR. MOSLEY: by Wayan; 2009/10/8, a comic nightmare poem; Dreamverse #58 Trapped in a blend of Joan of Arcadia and The Tempest Tales, I'm tired of being the pratfall sidekick... |
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WALRUSHMORE: by Wayan; 1982/1/8; a dream pun with political bite In my sister's house I saw a magazine cover showing that famous national monument in the Black Hills: Mt Walrushmore... |
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WASHINGTON'S DUNE: by Wayan; 1992/1/18, a dream on perseverance. George Washington faces sniper fire, kamikaze birds and critics claiming the fight for freedom is doomed... |
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"YOU'RE NOT MY BOSS!": by Wayan; 2019/6/27, a disturbing political dream In a busy, shorthanded market, the store owner's running a checkstand. He mistakes me for an employee and starts ordering me around... CAUTION: AGE & GENDER... BIAS? OR INFORMED JUDGMENT? |
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