I meet a Wolf Cat--a huge creature with a long canine nose, but the slit eyes and fluid moves of a cat. An expert on them warned me "Don't trust Wolf Cats, they're terribly dangerous. They turn on you abruptly." But I get no such sense, and I trust my sense. So I let it sniff me, and pet its head. Slowly, we make friends. We curl up together and lounge on a big wood stump.

The Wolf Cat yawns wide. Past sharp teeth I can see... directly into its stomach! Weird papillae or little red tastebuds cover its walls, rather than the smooth or ropy muscular lining I expect. The same tastebuds all the way down from mouth to stomach... how odd.

The self-appointed expert walks by again and sees what I've discovered. "Oh no!" s/he says. "Only its victims are allowed to see inside the stomach of a Wolf Cat! Now that you've seen its secret, you have to die!" What secret? It's not at all what I'd expect inside, but...

And the terrible beast?

The Wolf Cat lounges on the stump, idly flicking its tail, contented. A faint purr starts up...

And I realize: why should I believe this expert?

Wrong before, after all. And wrong now.

NEXT MORNING NOTES

• Curl up with a catwolf = I did yoga and a little massage just before bed. My body approves!
• The bogus expert = my training about bodies: "You can't trust 'em!" Thanks, Dad...
• GI tract is solid taste buds = if I get angry or scared, my reaction at the time is no worse than most people's, but I get a serious "hangover" the next day, sore/inflamed guts or bladder or both as if I ate something bad. The dream's saying "You're just wall-to-wall tastebuds, hypersensitive. And this isn't going away--you're a weird creature, that's your nature--get used to it!"
• Is this only about food or feelings? When I settle doggily for friends or lovers or housing or jobs out of boredom or loneliness, my fastidious feline tastebuds rebel... and of course I feel sick! That's not illness, my body's not betraying me. Just expressing its feline nature.
• ACTION: face my fastidious feelings. If I want to stay well.

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