{"id":8152,"date":"2014-08-29T06:30:49","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T10:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=8152"},"modified":"2014-08-29T18:27:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T22:27:13","slug":"a-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/a-dream","title":{"rendered":"A Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night I dreamed that I died. I wasn’t old, sick or wounded in the dream, but my wife and I both knew I would die soon.<\/p>\n

When I died, I was happy to discover that I could still walk around and that I wasn’t consigned to some sort of eternal torment.<\/p>\n

As per tradition, no one could sense me, and I’m pretty sure I was able to walk through walls.<\/p>\n

I tried to reach Amy and convey something to her, but it was to no avail. I wasn’t fraught over that, and she seemed reconciled to my death.<\/p>\n

I didn’t fly In the dream, but I did\u00a0walk into other people’s homes and places of business, where I made snide comments about them.<\/p>\n

I was gratified\u00a0to know that my wit would outlast my mortal existence.<\/p>\n

My\u00a0afterlife was like being on Twitter with zero followers.<\/p>\n

\"Le<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night I dreamed that I died. I wasn’t old, sick or wounded in the dream, but my wife and I both knew I would die soon. When I died, I was happy to discover that I could still walk around and that I wasn’t consigned to some sort of eternal torment. As per tradition, … <\/p>\n

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