last night I had a dream I was in a big auditorium that was full of people..this was a REM dream..deep and possibly
induced by a shot of Nyquil, I dunno...but there I was in a big room full of people...in the front row was Joni Mitchell, I was about three rows behind her and way in the back was Laura Nyro and some other gal I used to know... Laura and the other chick started shouting at me "you're a clown!!" "You'll never be serious"...or words to that affect...I started flashing them the peace sign and stood up and told a joke and everyone laughed! Then Joni turned around and called me an idiot!! I was wounded temporarily then shot back "you know, Joni, you're not the only songwriter out there and some of your songs are goddam silly"...or words to that affect...then everyone starts booing me and all of a sudden I'm at a big banquet sitting across a long wooden table from a pretty woman who keeps telling me what a joker I am and how she could change
me..or words to that affect. Then, there's a bunch of commotion and there's food everywhere and waiters and a bunch of cleaning crews running around cleaning up various messes..then I'm in another big room full of people and we're all about to take a test then I'm back at the auditorium...I don't even know what the event or occasion was, but Laura Nyro comes walking up to right below the stage area, I see her and get up and walk up to her and stand right in front of her..all eyes are on us and it's completely silent..you could hear an MP3 player drop...I put up my dukes pretending to want to fight her, she makes a face at me, looks away, then I take her arm and we start dancing, holding each other...right there in front of everyone and they all start clapping and cheering!! then I say "ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce to you Laura Nyro, the greatest songwriter ever"...and those were my exact words...
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