Mon,
6 August 2001
NOSE VINES |
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The dream begins with
my waking up unable to breathe through my nose. Thinking that I'm simply
stuffed up, I bring up my hand to run the bridge of my nose, and I try
to get back to sleep.
Still unable to breathe
through my nose, I rub my nostrils in an attempt to stir something loose.
In doing so, I notice that I feel something, something quite substantial,
in my nose. Reaching down further, I feel that there's something long
and rather stiff coming from inside my nose.
I run to the bathroom
mirror to see what it is, and I see two vines growing out my nose, one
out of each nostril. The first response I have is to yank them out. In
doing so, I yank the whole of my head. Apparently, these vines are rooted
in my head, so when I pull them, I pull myself.
Instinct number two
is to cut them out. I go for my X-Acto box and break out the smallest
blade. Slowly and gently, I cut along the inside of my right nostril.
Once all the way around, the vine falls out. Just as I'm about finished
with the left side, I see in the mirror that the right one's beginning
to grow back again.
And therein lies the
cycle. No matter how fast I cut, the vines just grow back faster and stronger
ech time. And that's where I dream ends, my cutting this relentless vegetation
out of my head.
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