Friday, July 21, 2006

Elephant Dreams

I had a dream last night that I found two elephants in some old guy's apartment way out in Queens somewhere. It was a fifth story walkup, and a real dump. I found them lifeless and listless in the bedroom near the closet, near death. One was a baby, the other was a young adult. So, then I panic about how I'm going to get them out of there before the guy comes home. Suddenly there was a key in the door, and I'm freaking out, trying to think of a story about why I was in his house. "Oh, is this your apartment? Wow, I must be lost." Then I awoke in a cold sweat.

I can still remember all the junk he had on his kitchen table.

11 comments:

Valerie said...

eeek! I hate dreams like that.

I'd like to think you punched him in the throat and he passed out and you got the elephants out and got them help and now you are their human guardian. And you get to scoop their poop every day.

The end!

whipcreamy said...

maybe you are getting elephantitus......

anne altman said...

i just have elephant on the brain is all.

Elizabeth said...

maybe you are thinking about elephants because it was on npr recently that in some city where it's been really hot, zookeepers had to often hose down the elephants to keep their skin from cracking. and then you worried about them, like i did, and then boom, another thing for the subconscience to worry about.

whipcreamy said...

I found this on dreammoods.com

Elephant

To see an elephant in your dream, suggests that you either need to be more patient and understanding of others. The elephant is also a symbol of power, strength, and intellect. Alternatively, as a creature with an introverted nature, the elephant may thus be depicting your own personality.

To dream that you are riding an elephant, indicates that you are in control of your unconscious and aspects that you once were afraid of.

Lauren K said...

Queens is getting enough bad press, thank you.

Bello (Buddy) Manjaro said...

were they African elephants or ASIAN elephants. I think it has something to do with the mideast conflict and the apartment belonged to BUSH. and Queens referred to his compadre blair.

Bello (Buddy) Manjaro said...

oh bollocks, or maybe it's because of that elephant rescue stuff..but tis always good to get a dig in at bush wherever one can!

anne altman said...

i think they were asian because of late ive been on an asian elephant kick but i don't discriminate against the african ones. they're actually technically cuter, so i feel more for the asian ones with the funny heads.

Berry said...

Hellloooo?! "Elephant in the room"?? No... TWO "elephants in the room"????

What blatant, obvious, in-your-face situation are you trying to ignore, hmmmm????

p.s. - were there precisely 9 items on his kitchen table? Because that would be another clue. To something. Maybe.

anne altman said...

ok ok ok ok ok ok ok so i don't throw enough shit out per day AND there's someone who won't admit that they're in love with me but that's about it. elephants=covered.