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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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