dream

by corinne delmonico

i had a dream last night the party was over the other guests had all gone home the host had retired to his study i went for a walk in the garden under a full moon the garden was filled with statues there was a statue of alexander the great weeping at the river weeping at the river forever there was a statue of pharoah’s daughter discovering little moses discovering little moses forever and joshua blowing his trumpet fighting the battle of jericho with the walls tumbling down forever and lincoln in his top hat freeing the slaves freeing the slaves forever it started to rain so i stopped looking at the statues and went inside the house was filled with corridors long corridors long corridors lined with pictures there was a picture of jesse james getting shot in the back by bob ford getting shot in the back by that dirty little coward forever and edmond dantes diving under the water finding the treasure finding endless wealth forever and orville wright flying the first plane at kitty hawk flying through the foggy air forever and delilah cutting samson’s hair while the poor boy slept like a baby slept like a baby forever and robert e lee at appomatox surrendering to grant handing his sword to grant forever and dracula outside the window looking in at lucy looking in at sweet lucy with his glowing eyes forever and teddy roosevelt at san juan hill charging up san juan hill charging up the hill forever and lindbergh riding down broadway in an open limousine being cheered by the crowd being cheered by the crowd on broadway forever and anne frank in her attic writing in her diary writing in her diary forever and oswald getting shot getting shot by jack ruby getting shot by jack ruby forever all these people with their stories doing things in their stories doing them forever everybody doing things forever living forever doing their things forever everybody except me because i am going to die some day sad!