In Your Dreams
I wish I could speak with my unconscious mind
To see how my ludicrous dreams are designed:
A snip from today—a lot from the past.
How are the characters called up and cast?
And where do they go? What route do they take
To vanish from view when I am awake?
Pat D’Amico is a former school teacher who lives in Kirkland, Washington. Her verses have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Light, and Lighten Up Online. She contributes regularly to Northwest Prime Time, a newspaper for readers over fifty in the Seattle/Tacoma area.