limbo

So I have received a dose of poison and I am slowly dying. My body is slowing down and seizing up. I can feel my muscles and joints hardening… Dying.

As I’m going, my father is holding me and I’m crying. I’m asking him questions. “Will I go to heaven? Tell [REDACTED] I’ll miss her.”

I can feel my body going, my vision fading. It’s all darkness.

I’m crying and I say “Oh Daddy…”

Then I die.

Complete blackness.

The next moment there is light and music. I can hear “Oscillate Wildly” by The Smiths. I look down at my feet. I’m standing on a tile floor. I look around.

The Grim reaper strolls by and says “Welcome to Hell… er, I mean Limbo. Sorry.”

I am in Hell. And Hell is a grocery store.

Shelves. Produce. Boxes. Sterile Muzak.

Instead of a shopping cart, I push a gurney. My body is stretched out on it.

I push the gurney up and down the aisles and the dream loses form…

[Note: Where I feel it is appropriate or relevant, I’ll include the names of people who show up in my dreams. In some cases, however, it may be prudent to redact these — as I’ve done here.]


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