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Dream State – Lip balm the murderer

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This was not a pizza dream.

A serial killer had gotten around to killing some friends, a horrible thing when I ran across San Francisco’s Polk Street looking for a futon shop. 

I had gotten a phone call from the police.  I was the killer’s next target, they surmised, although there was no rhyme or reason to their assumption.  The police said that I was the person best suited to stop the killer. 

They demanded that I hide under a thick white futon.  When the killer approached, I was to slather lip balm all over his thick, rubbery mouth.  This was his kryptonite, he said.  This was how I was to kill the killer.

As I ran along past Washington and Polk Streets, I began to think of the killings.  All the victims, along with this future victim, were friends.  We were close enough to be family.  Why did the police not realize this?

I finally found a futon shop and sat down on a bed for sale.  The sales staff stared at me, and they already seemed to know why I was there.

“Suck it up and catch the murderer,” they screamed. 

I told them that I found the serial killer’s pattern, and perhaps the police would listen to me rather than insist that I offer myself up as a sacrifice.  After all, I did not have the accuracy to target some killer’s lips to apply the balm.

I woke up when my dog licked me on my ear.

Happy this is the last day of baseball, when so many races are to be decided.

Dreams are so weird.

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