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[Dream Sequence] I saw my former bosses drive a buggy to the forest, its tires huge and rolling on the broken terrain ~ My ex-colleagues had gathered in the 2-room Forest Rest House that I remembered as a ruin but its windows today were draped with curtains and the doors were new - and the furniture was new - and the fireplace over which hung a tall red tapestry the flag of Gryffindor was active with embers ~ All of this pointed to my dream that this place was alive and lived in (maybe only for today & maybe by a friend for I am a Hufflepuff) ~ The forest had transformed into a trough which we saw from the terrace & into which springs fell under a brilliant sunset which made us wet & happier ~ My friends held with the view glasses of wine & rushed around the house as if something Victorian was imminent as if Elizabeth at any moment would come running in her soiled petticoat ~ But we knew - we who anyway live under the light of desperation - that instead of judging her resolve we would offer her chilli cheese toast & shelter ~ And this is all I remember before waking up to the afternoon & wistfulness too vivid to memorise and this is all I remember before waking up in my bed smiling like the hero of a 90s Hindi movie after his crush has hinted the precious yes ~ |
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