The Archaeology of Dreams
By Kathryn Lasseter
July 15, 2023
July 15, 2023
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Dreams I am
unable to salvage submerge and settle like a forgotten room in the house, a secret chamber of ruminating pharaohs. I need a hieroglyphic code, a Rosetta Stone, a key to the secluded room, tucked deep in the recesses of the basement perhaps, or invisibly perched atop the roof like a transparent crown. A dream archeologist, hampered by wakefulness, I know it’s there but cannot find the door, no matter how much I burrow and sift, dimly aware that the door stands ajar (all this time), slowly cracking open light within. |
Kathryn Lasseter is a retired college professor, now living in Oregon. She has other poems forthcoming in Stone Poetry Quarterly and BarBar.