Contributor: Angelica Fuse

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My dreams of another
world
wake me

I check my skin
for spots
my head for antlers
or a horn sprouting

I roll over twice
to feel for wings
check my wiggling
fleshy human toes
to ensure they are
not transformed hooves

then roll back
into my nighttime
world
picking up right
where I left off.

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