In my dream rain begins to fall outside of the restaurant at the top of the hill. We’re lined up at the door, students and teachers, joking about the trip. A student is explaining that she needs to get a band together for her project. The dark clouds boil outside.

In my dream I open the folder. Inside are three blue silk flowers, sent by the Harris campaign. In my hand, a white flower from Biden. Kamala Harris is two seats over in the thrumming auditorium so I try to tell her that people support her because she isn’t Biden and she shouldn’t let the white flower be included in the folder.

In my dream we need to get off the ship, so we grab the chickens and stuff them through the slats in the crate. The rest of the bag is filled with rolls of black plastic, which doesn’t help, so  I yank them out and stash them up at the front of the lecture room. Johnny Chiodini and I mug at each other and talk about used work gear.

In my dream I end up in the townhouse asking if I’m really supposed to add my strongest family member as security. It’s night and the celluloid tiles are red and yellow, stacked on the counter.

In my dream I have to thwart the  siblings who have decided to kill off the rest of their family, so we scramble through the hydroponics at the mall, pushing at each other. The water is near our ankles.