Dreams 12/22/08
the indescribable infant
is it a fish? is it an animal? is it human?
Janet Kuypers, 12/22/08
i don’t know if i was sitting on a bed or not
but i was near a sink
and there was a small animal of some sort
laying on a plastic curved sheet
i don’t know, it couldn’t be longer than my hand
and it was laying there like it was a newborn
and the only thing I could think to do
was clean it
like it was a newborn that needed to be cleaned
so I ran the water in the sink
until it was a tepid temperature
and i brought this animal
i don’t know what it was,
it looked like it had a more human head
but i can’t remember legs on it
and i couldn’t tell you the sex of the creature
then i brought the indescribable infant
and the curved plastic sheet
to the sink
and just ran a little of the water
to clean off the front and back
i saw what looked like it could have been fecal matter
wash off with the water
so i ran a little more water again
did this a few more times
until i apparently ran enough
to make the indescribable infant start to slide
down the curved plastic sheet
it started to sit upright after it slid
and i could see the look in its face
and it was about to cry
it almost seemed like a human cry,
but i think there were no legs
but i looked panicked with this indescribable infant
as it started to whimper, about to cry
so i instinctively picked it up
it still wasn’t clean, but i didn’t care
and i tried to put it against my chest
to help the indescribable infant
to make it feel better in this new world
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