Let me tell you about a dream I had
One which started with me feeling glad
Changing its tone as it drove around the bend
And turned into a nightmare towards the end
It started with me regressing to youth
And getting a call from a telephone booth
And a teacher on the other side yelled
“Attention students, school’s cancelled”
I jumped with joy when I heard this
My heart bursting with gleeful bliss
I marvelled at the freedom this granted
Because I could do whatever I wanted
I immediately called up my friends
And made plans I could barely comprehend
Now when I think of it when I’m awake
My mind was really in a weird state
One of them wanted to watch movies all day
One wanted to go outside and play
I wanted to play video games
I was vetoed, the others said it was lame
Once we had made our plans
We set off for adventures grand
We could explore, play, go to the local swimming pool
The possibilities were endless with no school
We met up at a nearby park
Next to the slide with the head of shark
There, one more time we went over the plans
And so, a fun filled day began
We played outdoors, climbed up trees
Pretended we were police and thieves
We rolled down the hills till we were sick
And finally had a small picnic
We were ready to go elsewhere
Our minds completely without a care
But when we stepped onto the road
We found ourselves facing a goat
It stared at us with rectangular eyes
And let out shrill bleating cries
It moved its head this way and that
Dragging its hoof as if ready to attack
One of my friends decided
That he would not be intimidated
He sauntered toward it stature firm
Ready to make the goat squirm
The rest of us stood where we were
Unable to move in fear
We looked on at our friend with bated breath
Waiting to see what would happen next
Suddenly the goat jumped high
And charged my friend aiming for his thigh
My friend was shocked but to the left skipped
Dodging the animal, causing it to trip
Suddenly the animal began to scream
A noise so fierce it nearly woke me from my dream
The scream somehow doubled our fears
All we could do was cover our ears
And hope that the goat would stop
Before our tiny heads popped
I felt a tug and a sound
It was my friend telling me to look around
More goats had appeared out of nowhere
All looking at us with that rectangle stare
I thought to myself they want our end
They want to hurt us and avenge their friend
They charged us but we were not ready
I tried to run but my feet were unsteady
I tripped and fell to the ground
My friends were panicking, running around
I remember thinking this is it
Were dead, we’re done, there’s no escaping this
And as I readied myself for a hoof to the head
I woke up in a panic in my bed
Relief flooded as it became clear
That I was in bed and not in danger
But relief slowly turned to irk
School was tomorrow and I had to submit homework
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