-I've dreamed-

1.

I've dreamed of water

And of deserts—

Of death's cold angel 

And life's possibilities.

Once active

Once passive 

Once hunted

Once found 

I've walked on water 

Mimic of the Nazarene

Then fell like stone to a bottomless 

Space.

I've dreamed in winter of burning 

Aldebaran.

2.

Once in the city of Kansas City

Hieronymus crept beneath my sheets

Soaked in sweat, 

Holding me close in his terrible 

Arms.

3.

I've dreamed of all these things 

And then

I've dreamed of water

And of deserts.

                                  from the house of

                                 Tom and Marlee Joyce,
                                 Kansas City, Missouri  / c.1969