Something Like That

I dream about a lot of stuff, I’m sure, that I don’t remember. Wait, I dream about… sketching a poster? With a lot of colorful people. Also, someone grabbing my wrist to check the time on my watch.

Soup and Wine

I’m building a pyramid of merch to put in front of the store (like I’m supposed to IRL tomorrow morning), except it’s not phones, it’s jars of chicken broth, each one in its brown paper box. One of the jars is empty, I fill it with cheap soup from a can and run around the store looking for the box. My boss is rather annoyed about it all, she takes me to the side and reveals that she’s pregnant with twins, so she’s going home.

Now there’s a bunch of children in the store and we are supposed to learn how to take care of them. We watch “Mary Poppins and the False Gospel“, a modified version of the beloved movie set during Hanukkah. Even in the dream I surprised this thing exists.

My middle school teacher, sweet Mrs R, arrives to continue the lessons. She draws and ink a really good picture of a man riding a motorcycle, and my dad starts coloring it with brown watercolors. I’m jealous because they are both such good artists.

On my way home I kill the mayor of a small town and take his ruby ring. By killing him I gained the right to own his big old mansion, I find a nice bottle of red wine hidden inside it. I go home and find my late grandpa P. sitting at the living room table. He loves wine so I give him the bottle and he’s rather happy.

Lost Priest and Lost Pants

I’m sitting in a Catholic church somewhere in an unknown city, quietly drawing a statue on my sketchbook. An altar boy comes in and I realize Mass is about to start and it’s time for me to go.

He’s followed by a person straight out of my childhood: Father A. from the neighborhood church. He has clearly aged, he’s oblivious to the people around him and he’s rambling, crying, asking God what was the point of moving to this big, ridiculous stadium of a church.

I don’t know if he even remembers me but I still shout:

“Forgive my bluntness, but JESUS CHRIST, Father, why don’t you go see a psychologist?!

He blinks, looks at me quite shocked. “What?”, he asks faintly.

“A PSYCHOLOGIST, Father!!!”

(Photo by Joshua Eckstein on Unsplash)

I go back home and I’m about to climb the stairs to my apartment when I realize I’m not wearing any pants, under the coat my legs are bare against the winter cold. Did I forget them, do I have to go back all the way to the church?

I close my eyes and try to visualize my pants: maybe if I concentrate hard enough I can trick myself into teleporting back. It doesn’t work. I’m about to leave again when I realize with relief I’m carrying the pants on my arm, along with my red scarf.