CW: Disordered eating Dear hypno-healer, Some mornings when I’m woken up by the sun but am still too tired to be conscious, I can visit my friends. In that interval of semi-sleep, a person I love wanders into my mind and we hang out. Today it was Marty. I simply walked through Riverside Park, and the forested hill by the tennis courts became Marty and Kina’s yard in Ithaca. Marty was outside, writing his dissertation in the sun. I asked after Kina, but the dream seems only to allow one friend at a time—like Animal Crossing, where I have also visited Kina and Marty. He stopped working to greet me while a giant sheepdog bounded toward us. She was old and limping from thorns in her paws, and we plucked them out as we talked about his work on rural poetics. Marty told me about a punk coding class he was taking online in an hour, and I said I’d sign up. The sun was strong, and it became clear it would soon throw me out of the visit and into my waking life. We hugged goodbye, and I opened my eyes to searing brightness.
The Rich Run Away
The Rich Run Away
The Rich Run Away
CW: Disordered eating Dear hypno-healer, Some mornings when I’m woken up by the sun but am still too tired to be conscious, I can visit my friends. In that interval of semi-sleep, a person I love wanders into my mind and we hang out. Today it was Marty. I simply walked through Riverside Park, and the forested hill by the tennis courts became Marty and Kina’s yard in Ithaca. Marty was outside, writing his dissertation in the sun. I asked after Kina, but the dream seems only to allow one friend at a time—like Animal Crossing, where I have also visited Kina and Marty. He stopped working to greet me while a giant sheepdog bounded toward us. She was old and limping from thorns in her paws, and we plucked them out as we talked about his work on rural poetics. Marty told me about a punk coding class he was taking online in an hour, and I said I’d sign up. The sun was strong, and it became clear it would soon throw me out of the visit and into my waking life. We hugged goodbye, and I opened my eyes to searing brightness.