CVassar Poets - Alan Dubow

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DREAMERS

"WAKE UP!" she yells in his ear
He bolts upright
Terrified to be awakened this way
"Get up and DO something"
"Are you going to waste your whole life dreaming?"

Waste?
Why not "spend?"
"Enrich?"
What is wrong with dreaming?
Doesn't the world need dreamers?

Peace among ancient rivals
A device to pause live TV
Travel faster than sound
A new symphony
The residue of dreams

A brand new color
Seen only in dreams
That perfect riff
The destiny that awaits
The person you will spend your life with

We live in dreams
A life not yet presented
There are messages there
That only the dreamers
Know how to bring back

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