If it all really is a dream<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Within a dream\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However many dreams deep\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I am recognized by a man<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who remembers selling me a Panama hat<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sixteen years ago\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A hat which is still in my possession,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On a shelf in my closet<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next to a bin of scarves\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plural though I wear them singularly\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then let’s say that in the Russian doll version of the dream\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A sequence of dreams, a real dream sequence\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who am I?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And are there multiple men in hat shops<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Proclaiming my familiar aspect,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Knowing my hat size the moment I walk in?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m between a 57 and a 58,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So perhaps he has confused me<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the men who can only wear either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But being between,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can choose to slide to the one<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or to the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And in doing so, perhaps I am in command of the dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, which scarf today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If it all really is a dream Within a dream\u2014 However many dreams deep\u2014 And I am recognized by a man Who remembers selling me…<\/p>\n