Wednesday, 11 October 2006

• Recollection

  I always have the phantom smell of dogfood. 
  I'm just sitting there at school, and I'll think, "It smells like dogfood in here."
  This has happened for the past couple of years so it's not a recent phenomena.
  
  That reminds me of that time I gave my little brother a dog biscuit.  He was none too pleased. 
  I ate one too though as a sacrifice to make him feel better.
  
  Ever since I watched the first episode of Rugrats back on August 11, 1991 (a Sunday I remember vividly, as it was the premiere of NickToons), I've been obsessed with dogfood.
  
  I also blame that Sunday morning for my constant desire to "bag a nematoad."
  

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  "Well, do you remember anything?" asked The Drifter.
  
  "I don't know," said the The Wasteland Man.  "I think I might."
  
  "What do you mean you might?"
  
  The Wasteland Man paused.  He scratched his forehead and looked down at his bare feet.
  
  "Well, it happens in flashes. It could come in the time between going to sleep and falling asleep.  Or it might be the thing that shocks me awake."
  
  "Yeah, keep going," insisted The Drifter, as he kicked at a rock on the road.
  
  "It's like reverse Deja Vu.  I have dreams, but it feels like I've seen these things before.  They're so familiar; so real.  I see these stillframes of people, and I think I know them, but I have no idea who they are.  And then there are the bad things; the things that frighten me."  The Wasteland Man blinked hard and took a breath. "I see people, and they're looking at something.  Their mouths are wide open like they're screaming but nothing's coming out.  It's children, women, all different people; all standing perfectly still, clutching eachother. I see glimpses of these people, all the color of ash.  And they're all staring at me."
  
  The Drifter stopped, put his hands on his hips, sighed, and looked off at the sun setting over the dunes. 
  
  "You know, sometimes I dream I'm at school in my underwear," said The Drifter.  "And it's the damndest thing 'cause I don't even wear underwear."
  
  

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