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Jaime Fradera Senior Member
since 2000-11-25
Posts 843Where no tyranny is tolerable |
1: It is evening I sit out on my balcony drinking in the cool night air. I hear the sounds of other tenants coming out of their apartments. They begin afixing balloons and brightly colored paper streamers to the walls. I ask a child if there is to be a party but he says he doesn't know. A croud begins to gather. I extend my right hand to feel along the cold metal railing and find it covered in streamers and balloons as far as I can reach. I squeeze a balloon in my hand, but curiously, I can not make it pop. I step into my apartment and find paper and balloons have been taped to clutter everything. I try to close the door but there are too many balloons. I can't just go to bed ... and leave the door like that ... I try to pop the balloons. I pull them, prick them, pench them, squeeze them; but once again, I can not make them pop and quit. Then, just by accident, I pop one, and all balloons in the apartment blow up in rapid staccato Sounding like a string of firecrackers. Frightened, I shove the exploding trash outside and slam the door. I can hear the garbage going off outside, sounding like fireworks for the fourth of July. 2: Just by accident, I find I can levitate and float in the air by thinking about it. It seems this has already been worked out, and I go to a class. I give the teacher a microphone and show her what to do; but the music is so loud I can not follow the instructions. It is something like aerobics exercise in a gym except that as music plays the class, in formation, is dancing in the air. I rise from the floor, not quite knowing what I'm doing, and bounce my head off of the ceiling. But nobody will work with me, so I am on my own. I decide to do some tricks and teach myself stability and control. The music is a reference and helps to judge my motion in the air. I push off a wall, gliding gracefully across the room only to bounce the opposite wall and start drifting back the other way. Next, I glide smoothly all the way across the floor like skating, but can not stop until a table breaks my flight. I can not tell where I am going but know I will collide with walls or furniture, because it is the only way to stop, so I brace myself for unexpected impacts. Why won't anybody work with me, show me how to do it right ... ... I think vaguely of Newton, of inertia and the laws of motion, now suddenly quite vexing. I dind to my annoyance that when I collide with furniture while gliding on the floor, I pivot and bounce into the air where, judging by the sound of the music, I begin to spin. After class I try to tell the teacher of my problem, but she just says she expects me to try too and that she only works with groups. 3: I am back in my apartment and the balloons are gone. I just can't get over having this ability to float around the room with little conscious effort. This levitation is so very seductive! I try this again, and then again just to make sure it really works! But what if, like some addiction it slips out of my control? What if it makes me delusional, psychotic, makes me think I can fly, Makes me do something crazy, and jump ot of a window Like Art Linkletter's daughter? ... Maybe I am better off without it. |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
Interesting dreams you have! |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
Jaime...you know I love this one...it is just so intense...great as always my friend |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Jamie this is a great personal perspective write! I enjoyed it very much! |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
Okay.. It reads like a dream, and the scenes changing..you do well with that. I'm still curious as to the symbolism since I love to read about what dreams may really be about. I love this. still d-i-s-c-o-n-n-e-c-t-e-d |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
An interesting read, Jaime...perhaps more of us should jot down the thoughts that roam our minds, just as your balloons have done... perhaps we would see ourselves better, then.... |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Jaime, Since I am not an anylist I can only say I enjoyed the read. |
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Watersign6 Senior Member
since 2001-05-25
Posts 823Hurricane,WV |
very interesting indeed,what a good read  |
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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace |
Jaime...if you can fly, by accident or on purpose...then fly...soar...and a teacher you will not need...for spirits glide...your wings are new & just need practice...and better off without them??? NEVER !!!! "...the rest is silence" (Hamlet) Shakespeare |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
now these are the kinds of dreams that I have. . . good to see that I'm not the only one. . . excellent!! --------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
you describe your dream so well....thank you for sharing. excellent work. Charisma |
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