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Brings back memories of victory celebrations after football ball games in WV. We have a tradition of burning couches . The practice does involve a measure of relocation .

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That there's a fine tradition!

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I wish every problem could be solved this easily, including energy issues.

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In dreams begin responsibilities.

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Almost never have dreams remain clear in my waking mind, so envy here.

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This is one's a few years old, dredged up from a journal. I've had a fairly long dry spell of late, too.

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Time of the year. Exhausted myself waiting for weather to rise.

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Oddly enough, this sounds more commonplace than surreal. Almost as though it was a comforting type of dream. Nicely conveyed.

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Quite so, yeah. Thank you.

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For some reason 'dreaming' by Blondie would not stop playing in my head as I read this. There's a sense of anticipation that I get from this poem, coupled with the fact this is a dream, I'm glad nothing crazy happened, made me go back and read it with a different set of eyes. There's power in simplicity.

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I love that this put that soundtrack in your head. Quite marvelous, thanks.

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If it took two of you to move the couch off the road, how did you place it there yourself?

I'm afraid your dream isn't really making sense, Jonathan. You may want to speak to your subconscious on the matter.

:D

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I used my superhuman dream strength but then I thought I'd let my friend give me a hand just out of a sense of comradeliness.

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