Remember the sense of deja vu
when we climbed the steep stairs
winding up the bare hillside
under the terraced houses
next to the old stairs
that had subsided?
A woman was standing on top of a ladder
tending her plants, dancing to music
that blared out from her window.
It made me feel giddy
just looking up at her.
When we reached the top we were so tired
we fell asleep on the floor in a side-room
of the rock concert hall
You didn't believe me
that the star was almost 70
until I showed you in the paper
We woke when the speakers buzzed
It was still all preamble, DJ's
They were projecting slides
onto the ceiling
of the room we were in
We had dreamt of the hillside town
the stairway
it wasn't real
The main show was about to begin
when I woke
the meaning of dreams, as usual
just out of reach
when we climbed the steep stairs
winding up the bare hillside
under the terraced houses
next to the old stairs
that had subsided?
A woman was standing on top of a ladder
tending her plants, dancing to music
that blared out from her window.
It made me feel giddy
just looking up at her.
When we reached the top we were so tired
we fell asleep on the floor in a side-room
of the rock concert hall
You didn't believe me
that the star was almost 70
until I showed you in the paper
We woke when the speakers buzzed
It was still all preamble, DJ's
They were projecting slides
onto the ceiling
of the room we were in
We had dreamt of the hillside town
the stairway
it wasn't real
The main show was about to begin
when I woke
the meaning of dreams, as usual
just out of reach
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