small lessons from the dream book

small lessons from the dream book

 

When a message arrives from a friend who died

two years ago

In the middle of an article on how to replace a bad habit

Beneath Led Zeppelin playing on the radio

At the end of a dawn dream falling

In the voice of a patron eating scrambled eggs

half way down the counter

 

Or by email: lurching me to check the sender’s address

for recognized or new?

Regardless, most comforting to assume that this is true

 

Checking for cc’s and other addressees

I may not be alone

Accepting, either way,  there is no one to help

 

Sent today, they are they and you are you

Pause.

I open my heart

I compose my response

I release it

 

Sent more than a week ago, I read carefully

I compose my response

I consider it will take

at least a week to reach them

I release it

 

Sent a year ago, I read carefully knowing

that the technology may have failed me

I open my heart

I compose my response

knowing that they may by now be gone

It’s okay to assume I know what I think I know

It’s okay to assume that I do not know what I do not know

I release it.

 

Robin Eichele

February 2019

words of the day

caudillo (kô-dēlˈyō, -dēˈyō, kou-)
n. A leader or chief, especially a military dictator.
n. A political boss; an overlord.

ne·​science|\ ˈne-sh(ē-)ən(t)s, ˈnē-, -sē-ən(t)s\
n. Lack of knowledge or awareness : ignorance

dirigiste ​ us ​ /dɪrəˈʒiːst/ 
adj. ​relating to a system in which a government has a lot 
of control over a country's economy: 
a dirigiste government/model/state

 

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