Dream

Posted on September 30, 2009 in Dreams

After being defeated at some kind of word or number game played with seeds, pills, and string beans by my brother and his girlfriend (both of whom mock me for being so stupid because I cannot figure out the rules), I gather my things to go to school. At the door, my father ambushes me. He is mad because he says I think I am so smart ((My family felt it was their duty to bring down my ego at every turn by attacking my intelligence)) and tells me — even though the family dog who is a Boston terrier is rolling at my feet — that dogs don’t like me ((Again, a favorite taunt of his while I was growing up)) . He’s obviously crazy and though my mother tells me there is nothing to worry about, I flee to school. Here as the clock circles to the hour when we must go home, I despair. I can’t go home, I say to them. He’ll kill me. A homeless lady with a small long-haired dog that likes me, comes into the class as apparently is her habit and lets me have a pinch of raw sunflower seeds. Where will I go? I ask the class. How can I finish school if I don’t have a home?