Litch*

If I dream a word, it must be true. I dream the word "litch." Not leach. There is a field below the house. I dream that too. The flag waves, the line continues. If I dream a word, the meaning continues. The curtain is drawn. You are pointing at something and saying "over there."

Where you live isn't an idea or an identity, it's a place. A map is one way of looking at it. Your feet are another.

If I dream we have to get somewhere, when I wake I stay still.

You went from somewhere "little" to somewhere "big." I did the opposite. Here I am. There you are. What size are the words?

If I dream a word, it is this size. This time I dream the word "salsa." Not the substance, just the word. When I wake I open the curtains. I have tea. I only glance at the map.




* Litch is not a word, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.