AN INTERROGATION OF DREAMS

Did you fight Dragons

in your dreams

last night?

Or just dusty

old memories?

Did you sit on

the old rickety

bench by Dal?

Or just float

in empty space?

Did you drench

in the cold

Srinagar Rains?

or just watched

soldiers march by?

Did you hear

the owls screech

all night long?

Or just let go

and go Mad

for Fire

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For posterity

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