Dreamer

1.
so often his dreams brought answers
locations:
of lost objects;
of needed things.
actions:
to be employed:
to leave undone.
solutions:
to fix the stage lights;
to. . .

so often his dreams came true.
but now
he has only nightmares.

no monsters (save sometimes himself);
no snakes, no spiders;
no falling through the air;
no vehicles out of control;
no atomic flash death
inhabit his nocturne.
only people.
people
once friends, confidantes, lovers.

what are they now?

2.
one night he dreams,
in exquisite detail,
of a broken wine glass
one perfectly dagger shaped shard
still solid to the stem.

his dream self,
using the crystal blade,
slicing deeply, cleanly, easily
a graceful swaying avenue
up the underside of his left arm,
across the elbow’s crook
and into his armpit (strange, no hair)

some days later a drink
slips from his hand.
he picks, from the mess of wine and shattered glass,
the object he recognizes from his dream.

with great care
wraps it in a scarf
and saves it for later.

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