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The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued
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and draped in multi-colored robes like a gypsy sat behind glass, the size of a typical window. As he got near, she smiled and said; “Fortunes told.” He kept moving as for some reason this woman seemed ominous to him and he also wanted to see the extent to which the stores had invaded his property. The woman’s smile grew and turned into a cackle; her eyes seeming to become glowing pieces of coal set aflame. She now appeared to be maniacal.
The absurdity of the entire situation was no longer a curiosity or fear. It made him realize that he was in a dream. So, he decided to have some fun. He approached one of the shop keepers who was setting up a window display, with his back to him. He wanted to see Beth and he wanted to know the extent of the tunnel-funnel in that order. He asked the man; “Where is the stairway down?”
He realized that he had met another comedian when the man, turned, started laughing, and said; “The only stairway goes up.”
He woke up to see the pine beams on his tongue and grooved ceiling. He sighed and again closed his eyes, but he was now wide awake. He wished he could drift back off to sleep again, as the entertainment was better there than on the internet; more of the non-entertainment on the ignored laptop screen below.