Friday, August 8, 2025

THE NEW DREAM #45:

The Hungry Howie’s moves out

The Little Caesar’s moves in

I’m stuck where I’ve always been

The Little Caesar’s moves out

The Hungry Howie’s moves in

I’m convinced there’s a sinister plot, don’t ask me why, my Columbo Senses are tingling

Hungry Howie’s moves out bumping into Little Caesar’s as it’s just a little too eager to move in

I point and shout and jump up and down while pointing and shouting and jumping up and down

Hungry Howie’s and Little Caesar’s start swapping in and out of the strip mall location at warp speed

Empires rise and fall but it’s fine

Hungry Howie’s occasionally thinks it’s Little Caesar’s and Little Caesar’s occasionally thinks it’s Hungry Howie’s but it’s fine

I point and shout and jump up and down but it’s fine

Something breaks

A Domino’s has spontaneously manifested, displacing the Hungry Howie’s and Little Caesar’s

I point/shout/jump-up-and-down

There’s a swirl of ghostly Hungry Howie’s and Little Caesar’s crashing into and battling with each other in the heavily potholed, soiled diaper strewn parking lot

The Domino’s abides for 10,000 years

All traces of all physical structures crumble to dust, blow away on the wind

The ghostly Domino’s endures, a memory with no need of any mind to remember it

My mind is long gone

Only my point/shout/jump-up-and-down endures