A Nightmare

i get up as my alarm goes off. i watch as the black leech/worms run off the mattress, they are tiny. the light switch doesn't work. no, it seems to be rewired to my bed lamp which is now too dim and on the wrong side of the bed. the worms are still running over the bed. i scream. i realize i'm dreaming and lay down again.

i get up as my alarm goes off. i watch as the black leech/worms run off the mattress. i realize that i'm probably feverish and having a dream but it doesn't stop. i wonder if screaming will help. i moan a bit and go to the kitchen. the lights don't work. little things are not where they are supposed to be. there is a different coffee pot on the stove with a pretty blue mug that doesn't belong to me. i'm convinced that someone is here and the black leeches are coming back.

i scream. my neighbour, who is not my neighbour, hears me and comes in. she hugs me and tells me it is a dream. she wants to take pictures of my apartment and my dishevelled hair in the dawn light. my alarm goes off.

i wake up and it's over.