THE DREAM

i landed on a cloud of pink polka-dotted squid
they asked me, "will you ever go back?"
their eyes flitted
and down i fell
onto an orange field
scattered with football-sized ice cream sprinkles
i bit into one
and tasted soup.
a red-eyed rabbit sailed down from the tye-dye sun
on a golden electric guitar
he told me,
"you're the chosen one"
and i obeyed his demented will,
dragging him to the land of amnesia.
at the checkered fence an old lady sat on a post
and blessed me with the knowledge
of confusion.
i won five awards for whistling a song
but i hummed it instead.
i swam through outer space,
when on the moon i met abe lincoln on a silver penny.
a talking egg with green corduroy pants marched across the craters and found me,
he handed me the pair of ageless red mary janes
and poked wise words into my ear
he said "go back to reality".
and i found out it was all a lie
my caramel badges melted on my nightgown
then i remembered it was what i always wanted.