I'm downtown seeking a purple bike--public, free-- ubiquitous these days. Run into Mom. She waves alleyward, vaguely--"I saw one there." But her way leads me to a plaza rainbowed in bikes--unclear which are free. It's the people purpled here-- violent violet tees on half the youth or more, Meaning I'm a public whore: free to be Ridden guiltlessly & left. See, Bonobocare's arrived at last! A federal plan to calm raspy public with free love. Well, subsidized. Because free poon doth soothe the militant breast, doth make estrangéd voters swoon. Chimp rage? Bonobo calm! And here comes Mom, in her pimpmobile pink-finned. "Hop in!" She waves at purple bikes for me to ride--& purple girls. To ride. Some are hot, but lettin' Mom pick hookers feels creepier than wheels. A lilac teeshirt tide sweeps me round a hill. We slosh into Skateboard Park. Deluxe! No mere halfpipes here; a chain of Giotto grottoes, each centered on a stony crag an expert can zoom up to hang, spin 540, drop. Not timid me! I skate up a shin knee-high--dare not that thigh-- half an eye out for Mom.

A ranger safety-lectures. Not on skating, but on What most of us streetkids have chosen for career: We're the newly-legal whores for Bonobocare! Not federal workers yet, just contractors, mer- iting no vacation, sickleave, care: just momentar- y friends with(out) benefits. Surprisingly, our ranger shrugs at teen drunks, bareback sex & drugs. No, she decries the fat bonuses offered for camp-followers in the latest war! Mere sex-risk is zip beside the Hazard Champ: War--and two ugly struggles flare beyond the hill; temptation's real. Sex offering double pay? Tsk, tsk! We're young. Discount the risk. Our free purple bikes let us flock to those wars. Oopsy consequence. On the Kids' Crusade pours! Curious I join thong-throng, though I don't aspire to be One more war whore. Child prostitute parade! Wave banners, decorated in body paint, ribbons, still-innocent(ish) skin. Some purplebike, some dance, a few astraddle on sleek unicorns, calm miniphants. All fey, all gone gold-rushing off to war. But not to kill, at least. We're off to fuck. For bonuses. And peace.

• Bonobocare: My dream deems war the worst health risk, so why not promote peace through promiscuity--turn us quarreling chimps into peaceful bonobos! But this is America, so it gets done cheap: homeless kids hired as health "contractors" with no health plan ourselves, as we endure unsafe sex. And even so, I was unsure my dream's Modest Proposal was any worse than the waking world's neglect.
• My mom meddles in my sex life: Today I sawed wood as several beautiful girls walked by. Sure they'd never be interested in me, I just kept sawing, nose to the grindstone. Took it for granted at the time, but my dream noticed. Thanks again for the brainwashing, Mom!
• Purple shirts: Pink Uber mustaches on local cars. I also read of Amsterdam's free public bikes; here we do have public bikes but they're not free--one more way to soak tourists. I think the dream mocks both Obamacare and ridesharing--the fiction Uber drivers are unexploited free contractors. Indeed it seems cynical toward all. Should we cheer these kids or be appalled?
• Spin 540: A skateboard turnaround: a midair 180-degree turn with an added 360-degree spin. (Do not attempt trick turns while turning tricks.)
• Free bikes make it easy for street teens to reach the war and die: Islamic State's war machine feeds on naïve teen web-recruits. Is that what net-freedom was for? 'Oopsy consequences'...
• Parade of unicorns & miniature elephants lead to ambiguity: unsure why the dream had these, but they echo a vivid dream almost exactly 2 years ago, Embarkation, where a spiral parade including unicorns and mini-elephants led to a portal to another world. But death or wider life? I was unsure, just as here.
• Fuck for bonuses and peace: I was born in San Francisco, so the dream's clearly mocking the hippie slogan "Make love, not war." But who's it mock more--risky promiscuity, or war? What if it really is either/or--what if we NEED a Slut Crusade?

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