by Ranjana Banerjee

Created on: November 21, 2008   Last Updated: February 23, 2010

A Green Dream

Yesterday night -

I had a dream

an all green dream

I was standing amid

green - green field

lush green grass

swaying their tops

as the wind waved on.

I was standing still-

with my ankles dipped

in that deep green field

but I was numbed

from my waist to down

no feelings at all,

I was rooted in

with the heft of steel

no heat or cold

to sense air tone

I was squinting-

squinting hard

to trigger my vision

to figure the horizon

or to locate the end,

where the color paled

or diffused to blue

but it was an endless hue

of  tiring green

then a sibilant hiss

startled me

I looked for the source-

over then  down

and my numbness seized

I saw the thing

sleek and green

slithering up my knees

with its flicking tongue

and I felt the cold

spiraling up my soul

 I saw the green

sprouting through my skin

I tried to scream

but no words, no sound

puffed out my throat

then I felt the shake

and heard my name

I opened my eyes

and saw your face

hanging over me

it was a bad green dream

I relieved myself

as you spoke and stroke -

but then I saw the split

under the blue night sheen

as your tongue glistened out

with each soothing sound

showing the slit

just middle of it.

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