alivio

trying to find my way home, but the streets were shifting by themselves. I turned a corner, I appeared in the same place. I entered an alley, dead end. I sat on the sidewalk, lost. My house appeared flying and landed in front of me. I woke up relieved.

lost in the desert, a sun splitting the earth, a terrible thirst. pure sand. out of nowhere, a soda machine. I ran, inserted an invisible coin and pressed 'water'. a penguin came out of the machine, offering me a glass of crushed ice. I accepted, so delicious! it started telling terrible penguin jokes. I woke up before the punchline

I could transform into any object. I became a chair to rest. I became a cup to drink coffee. I became a pencil to write. Then I became an eraser to erase a mistake and I couldn't go back to being me. I stayed as an eraser. Someone grabbed me to erase something. I woke up before they used me.

at a masquerade ball, everyone wearing animal masks. I had an owl mask. I danced with someone wearing a fox mask, very elegant. We talked about silly things, their voice sounded familiar. In the end, when we took off our masks, the fox was my boss. How embarrassing. He smiled and said, "nice mask, owl." I woke up relieved.

acting in a play, but I forgot all my lines. I stood on stage, everyone staring at me. I tried to improvise, just saying "eeeeh". The audience started laughing. The director signaled for me to get off. I woke up embarrassed.

Scaling a mountain of dirty laundry. Difficult, slippery. Each garment an obstacle. A stinky sock almost pulled me down. I reached the summit, it was a giant washing machine. I jumped inside. It started spinning, water and soap everywhere. I came out squeaky clean. I woke up smelling like fabric softener.